About block 936,898
Bitcoin block 936,898 was mined by AntPool on February 16, 2026 at 12:39 PM UTC, 13 min 19 s after block 936,897. 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 3,016 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 936,898 is number 1,475 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 541 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,102 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,711 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.