About block 959,498
Bitcoin block 959,498 was mined by OCEAN on July 25, 2026 at 3:34 AM UTC, 5 min 3 s after block 959,497. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,766 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.9% 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 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 959,498 is number 1,899 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 117 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,502 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 14,080 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.