About block 936,596
Bitcoin block 936,596 was mined by ViaBTC on February 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM UTC, 9 min 58 s after block 936,595. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,639 transactions in 1.29 MB (81.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 936,596 is number 1,173 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 843 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,404 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 38,984 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.