About block 960,686
Bitcoin block 960,686 was mined by OCEAN on August 2, 2026 at 6:49 AM UTC, 9 min 3 s after block 960,685. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,257 transactions in 0.74 MB (44.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 960,686 is number 1,071 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 945 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,314 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 31 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,849 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.