About block 938,297
Bitcoin block 938,297 was mined by AntPool on February 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM UTC, 4 seconds after block 938,296. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,981 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0031 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1281 BTC for this block.
Block 938,297 is number 858 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,158 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,703 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,419 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.