About block 938,028
Bitcoin block 938,028 was mined by AntPool on February 23, 2026 at 9:50 PM UTC, 20 min 38 s after block 938,027. 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 3,120 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0345 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1595 BTC for this block.
Block 938,028 is number 589 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,427 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,972 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,668 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.