About block 938,001
Bitcoin block 938,001 was mined by SpiderPool on February 23, 2026 at 5:48 PM UTC, 6 min 35 s after block 938,000. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,317 transactions in 1.84 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 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 938,001 is number 562 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,454 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,999 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 37,694 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.