About block 938,017
Bitcoin block 938,017 was mined by SECPOOL on February 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM UTC, 1 min 43 s after block 938,016. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,132 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% 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 0.0044 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1294 BTC for this block.
Block 938,017 is number 578 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,438 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,983 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,679 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.