About block 936,999
Bitcoin block 936,999 was mined by AntPool on February 17, 2026 at 1:14 AM UTC, 3 min 42 s after block 936,998. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,926 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0051 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1301 BTC for this block.
Block 936,999 is number 1,576 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 440 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,001 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 38,616 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.