About block 938,178
Bitcoin block 938,178 was mined by WhitePool on February 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM UTC, 3 min 48 s after block 938,177. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 969 transactions in 0.50 MB (31.5% 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 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 938,178 is number 739 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,277 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,822 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,528 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.