About block 963,696
Bitcoin block 963,696 was mined by OCEAN on August 23, 2026 at 7:35 AM UTC, 21 min 11 s after block 963,695. 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 4,703 transactions in 1.56 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0244 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1494 BTC for this block.
Block 963,696 is number 49 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 1,967 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 86,304 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 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10,342 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.