About block 963,477
Bitcoin block 963,477 was mined by OCEAN on August 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM UTC, 31 min 2 s after block 963,476. 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 3,611 transactions in 1.64 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0758 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.2008 BTC for this block.
Block 963,477 is number 1,846 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 477; 170 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 963,647. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,523 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,678 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.