About block 959,977
Bitcoin block 959,977 was mined by OCEAN on July 28, 2026 at 1:36 PM UTC, 20 min 19 s after block 959,976. 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 3,044 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 959,977 is number 362 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,654 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,023 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 13,531 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.