About block 959,434
Bitcoin block 959,434 was mined by OCEAN on July 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM UTC, 2 min 15 s after block 959,433. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,069 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 959,434 is number 1,835 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 181 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,566 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 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14,168 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.