About block 938,198
Bitcoin block 938,198 was mined by AntPool on February 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC, 4 min 4 s after block 938,197. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,956 transactions in 1.81 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 0.0114 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1364 BTC for this block.
Block 938,198 is number 759 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,257 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,802 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,509 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.