About block 936,843
Bitcoin block 936,843 was mined by WhitePool on February 16, 2026 at 5:15 AM UTC, 6 min 24 s after block 936,842. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,261 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 936,843 is number 1,420 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 596 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,157 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,761 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.