About block 938,173
Bitcoin block 938,173 was mined by MARA Pool on February 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC, 15 min 2 s after block 938,172. 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 3,602 transactions in 1.93 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 938,173 is number 734 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,282 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,827 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 37,532 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.