About block 959,562
Bitcoin block 959,562 was mined by OCEAN on July 25, 2026 at 1:31 PM UTC, 3 min 39 s after block 959,561. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,846 transactions in 0.89 MB (53.2% 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 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 959,562 is number 1,963 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 53 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,438 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 31 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,989 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.