About block 936,993
Bitcoin block 936,993 was mined by AntPool on February 17, 2026 at 12:08 AM UTC, 4 min 43 s after block 936,992. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,728 transactions in 1.97 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 936,993 is number 1,570 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 446 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,007 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,622 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.