About block 938,004
Bitcoin block 938,004 was mined by SpiderPool on February 23, 2026 at 6:10 PM UTC, 8 min 13 s after block 938,003. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,133 transactions in 1.79 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 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 938,004 is number 565 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,451 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,996 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,691 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.