About block 936,872
Bitcoin block 936,872 was mined by AntPool on February 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM UTC, 9 min 0 s after block 936,871. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,346 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0114 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1364 BTC for this block.
Block 936,872 is number 1,449 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 567 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,128 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 38,735 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.