About block 936,998
Bitcoin block 936,998 was mined by AntPool on February 17, 2026 at 1:11 AM UTC, 8 min 54 s after block 936,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,073 transactions in 1.78 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 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 936,998 is number 1,575 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 441 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,002 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. AntPool found 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38,617 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.