About block 937,000
Bitcoin block 937,000 was mined by AntPool on February 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM UTC, 19 min 19 s after block 936,999. 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 3,009 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 937,000 is number 1,577 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 464; 439 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 937,439. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 113,000 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 38,615 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.