About block 936,942
Bitcoin block 936,942 was mined by AntPool on February 16, 2026 at 5:09 PM UTC, 9 min 57 s after block 936,941. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,645 transactions in 1.85 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 936,942 is number 1,519 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 497 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,058 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,671 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.