About block 936,873
Bitcoin block 936,873 was mined by SpiderPool on February 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM UTC, 20 min 4 s after block 936,872. 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 3,118 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 936,873 is number 1,450 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 566 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,127 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. SpiderPool found 74 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,734 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.