About block 957,868
Bitcoin block 957,868 was mined by OCEAN on July 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM UTC, 1 min 35 s after block 957,867. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,556 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 957,868 is number 269 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,747 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,132 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,440 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.