About block 959,867
Bitcoin block 959,867 was mined by OCEAN on July 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM UTC, 30 min 11 s after block 959,866. 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 4,085 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0549 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1799 BTC for this block.
Block 959,867 is number 252 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,764 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,133 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 31 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,659 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.