About block 960,244
Bitcoin block 960,244 was mined by OCEAN on July 30, 2026 at 10:04 AM UTC, 5 min 2 s after block 960,243. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,042 transactions in 0.66 MB (38.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 960,244 is number 629 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,387 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,756 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 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,315 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.