About block 959,943
Bitcoin block 959,943 was mined by OCEAN on July 28, 2026 at 7:19 AM UTC, 1 min 49 s after block 959,942. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,742 transactions in 1.73 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 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 959,943 is number 328 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,688 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,057 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 13,565 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.