About block 938,026
Bitcoin block 938,026 was mined by MARA Pool on February 23, 2026 at 9:19 PM UTC, 6 min 48 s after block 938,025. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,918 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 938,026 is number 587 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,429 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,974 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 37,670 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.