About block 960,496
Bitcoin block 960,496 was mined by OCEAN on August 1, 2026 at 2:03 AM UTC, 16 min 49 s after block 960,495. 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 2,689 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0360 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1610 BTC for this block.
Block 960,496 is number 881 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,135 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,504 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 13,120 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.