About block 937,697
Bitcoin block 937,697 was mined by SECPOOL on February 21, 2026 at 5:55 PM UTC, 13 min 12 s after block 937,696. 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 4,301 transactions in 1.81 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 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 937,697 is number 258 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,758 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 112,303 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,971 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.