About block 936,974
Bitcoin block 936,974 was mined by ViaBTC on February 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC, 18 min 10 s after block 936,973. 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 2,364 transactions in 1.31 MB (80.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 936,974 is number 1,551 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 465 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,026 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 38,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.