About block 938,024
Bitcoin block 938,024 was mined by SECPOOL on February 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM UTC, 36 min 34 s after block 938,023. 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 3,661 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0486 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1736 BTC for this block.
Block 938,024 is number 585 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,431 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,976 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 37,672 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.