About block 960,491
Bitcoin block 960,491 was mined by OCEAN on August 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM UTC, 4 min 17 s after block 960,490. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,956 transactions in 1.64 MB (98.6% 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 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 960,491 is number 876 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,140 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,509 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 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,133 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.