About block 938,005
Bitcoin block 938,005 was mined by AntPool on February 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM UTC, 2 min 17 s after block 938,004. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,835 transactions in 1.71 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 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 938,005 is number 566 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,450 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,995 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 37,690 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.