About block 961,874
Bitcoin block 961,874 was mined by OCEAN on August 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC, 5 min 29 s after block 961,873. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,728 transactions in 1.67 MB (96.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0196 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1446 BTC for this block.
Block 961,874 is number 243 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 1,773 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 88,126 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 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12,094 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.