About block 936,997
Bitcoin block 936,997 was mined by MARA Pool on February 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM UTC, 7 min 16 s after block 936,996. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,346 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 936,997 is number 1,574 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 442 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,003 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. MARA Pool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,618 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.