About block 938,002
Bitcoin block 938,002 was mined by AntPool on February 23, 2026 at 6:01 PM UTC, 13 min 31 s after block 938,001. 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 3,589 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0382 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1632 BTC for this block.
Block 938,002 is number 563 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,453 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,998 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,693 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.