About block 936,896
Bitcoin block 936,896 was mined by MARA Pool on February 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 936,895. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,379 transactions in 1.90 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 936,896 is number 1,473 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 543 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,104 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,713 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.