About block 936,494
Bitcoin block 936,494 was mined by WhitePool on February 14, 2026 at 5:06 AM UTC, 16 min 11 s after block 936,493. 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 3,122 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 936,494 is number 1,071 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 945 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,506 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 39,080 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.