About block 936,861
Bitcoin block 936,861 was mined by AntPool on February 16, 2026 at 7:06 AM UTC, 2 min 34 s after block 936,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,345 transactions in 2.38 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 0.0045 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1295 BTC for this block.
Block 936,861 is number 1,438 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 578 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,139 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,746 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.