About block 936,940
Bitcoin block 936,940 was mined by SECPOOL on February 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC, 11 min 2 s after block 936,939. 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 3,314 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 936,940 is number 1,517 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 499 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,060 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,673 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.