About block 960,888
Bitcoin block 960,888 was mined by OCEAN on August 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM UTC, 5 min 20 s after block 960,887. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,425 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0347 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1597 BTC for this block.
Block 960,888 is number 1,273 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 743 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 89,112 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 12,628 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.