About block 938,021
Bitcoin block 938,021 was mined by MARA Pool on February 23, 2026 at 8:18 PM UTC, 13 min 22 s after block 938,020. 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 3,477 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 938,021 is number 582 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,434 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,979 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. MARA Pool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,675 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.