About block 958,742
Bitcoin block 958,742 was mined by OCEAN on July 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM UTC, 11 min 17 s after block 958,741. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,769 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0213 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1463 BTC for this block.
Block 958,742 is number 1,143 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 873 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 91,258 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15,170 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.