About block 937,696
Bitcoin block 937,696 was mined by SpiderPool on February 21, 2026 at 5:41 PM UTC, 10 min 48 s after block 937,695. 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 4,366 transactions in 1.81 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 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 937,696 is number 257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 112,304 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 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,972 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.