About block 936,957
Bitcoin block 936,957 was mined by ViaBTC on February 16, 2026 at 7:47 PM UTC, 17 min 36 s after block 936,956. 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 2,879 transactions in 1.28 MB (79.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 936,957 is number 1,534 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 482 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,043 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 22 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 38,656 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.