About block 938,049
Bitcoin block 938,049 was mined by AntPool on February 24, 2026 at 1:53 AM UTC, 12 min 18 s after block 938,048. 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 3,987 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 938,049 is number 610 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,406 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,951 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 37,648 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.