About block 957,946
Bitcoin block 957,946 was mined by OCEAN on July 14, 2026 at 2:25 AM UTC, 2 min 13 s after block 957,945. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 372 transactions in 0.12 MB (8.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0017 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1267 BTC for this block.
Block 957,946 is number 347 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,669 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,054 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 16,328 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.