About block 959,986
Bitcoin block 959,986 was mined by OCEAN on July 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM UTC, 29 min 5 s after block 959,985. 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 2,829 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0568 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1818 BTC for this block.
Block 959,986 is number 371 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,645 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,014 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 32 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,522 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.