About block 936,696
Bitcoin block 936,696 was mined by AntPool on February 15, 2026 at 8:44 AM UTC, 1 min 49 s after block 936,695. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,640 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0033 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1283 BTC for this block.
Block 936,696 is number 1,273 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 743 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,304 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,890 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.