About block 936,971
Bitcoin block 936,971 was mined by AntPool on February 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM UTC, 19 min 47 s after block 936,970. 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 2,947 transactions in 2.04 MB (99.8% 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 0.0233 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1483 BTC for this block.
Block 936,971 is number 1,548 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 468 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,029 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,642 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.