About block 961,634
Bitcoin block 961,634 was mined by OCEAN on August 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC, 10 min 26 s after block 961,633. 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 4,152 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 961,634 is number 3 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 2,013 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,366 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 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,205 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.