About block 959,199
Bitcoin block 959,199 was mined by OCEAN on July 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM UTC, 13 min 19 s after block 959,198. 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 3,421 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 959,199 is number 1,600 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 416 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,801 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 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,497 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.