About block 936,996
Bitcoin block 936,996 was mined by SpiderPool on February 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC, 39 min 10 s after block 936,995. 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 3,957 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0375 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1625 BTC for this block.
Block 936,996 is number 1,573 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 443 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,004 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. SpiderPool found 74 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,619 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.