About block 938,179
Bitcoin block 938,179 was mined by SECPOOL on February 24, 2026 at 9:04 PM UTC, 3 min 36 s after block 938,178. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,448 transactions in 2.01 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 0.0077 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1327 BTC for this block.
Block 938,179 is number 740 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,276 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,821 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,527 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.