About block 936,949
Bitcoin block 936,949 was mined by ViaBTC on February 16, 2026 at 6:26 PM UTC, 16 min 28 s after block 936,948. 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 3,206 transactions in 1.53 MB (89.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0268 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1518 BTC for this block.
Block 936,949 is number 1,526 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 490 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,051 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,664 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.