About block 938,159
Bitcoin block 938,159 was mined by MARA Pool on February 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM UTC, 3 min 21 s after block 938,158. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,470 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 938,159 is number 720 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,296 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,841 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 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,545 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.