About block 961,460
Bitcoin block 961,460 was mined by OCEAN on August 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM UTC, 9 min 22 s after block 961,459. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,476 transactions in 1.61 MB (96.0% 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 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 961,460 is number 1,845 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 171 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,540 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 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,299 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.