About block 936,578
Bitcoin block 936,578 was mined by AntPool on February 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM UTC, 28 min 43 s after block 936,577. 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 3,448 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0410 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1660 BTC for this block.
Block 936,578 is number 1,155 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 861 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,422 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 39,000 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.