About block 938,098
Bitcoin block 938,098 was mined by SpiderPool on February 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM UTC, 10 min 34 s after block 938,097. 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 5,220 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 938,098 is number 659 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,357 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,902 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,603 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.