About block 936,496
Bitcoin block 936,496 was mined by ViaBTC on February 14, 2026 at 5:43 AM UTC, 30 min 16 s after block 936,495. 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 2,839 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 936,496 is number 1,073 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 943 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,504 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 39,078 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.