About block 959,143
Bitcoin block 959,143 was mined by OCEAN on July 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM UTC, 20 min 31 s after block 959,142. 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 3,439 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0401 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1651 BTC for this block.
Block 959,143 is number 1,544 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 472 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,857 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 34 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,582 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.