About block 936,859
Bitcoin block 936,859 was mined by SECPOOL on February 16, 2026 at 6:50 AM UTC, 5 min 14 s after block 936,858. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,652 transactions in 2.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0076 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1326 BTC for this block.
Block 936,859 is number 1,436 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 580 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,141 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,748 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.