About block 936,817
Bitcoin block 936,817 was mined by SECPOOL on February 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC, 12 min 3 s after block 936,816. 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 3,870 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 936,817 is number 1,394 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 622 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,183 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,781 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.