About block 938,257
Bitcoin block 938,257 was mined by SECPOOL on February 25, 2026 at 8:49 AM UTC, 5 min 27 s after block 938,256. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,651 transactions in 1.70 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 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 938,257 is number 818 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,198 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,743 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,454 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.