About block 960,044
Bitcoin block 960,044 was mined by OCEAN on July 29, 2026 at 2:46 AM UTC, 20 min 56 s after block 960,043. 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 3,556 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 960,044 is number 429 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,587 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,956 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 13,471 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.