About block 959,673
Bitcoin block 959,673 was mined by OCEAN on July 26, 2026 at 7:59 AM UTC, 5 min 44 s after block 959,672. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,443 transactions in 1.80 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 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 959,673 is number 58 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,958 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,327 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 32 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,829 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.