About block 938,317
Bitcoin block 938,317 was mined by AntPool on February 25, 2026 at 5:53 PM UTC, 11 min 58 s after block 938,316. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,957 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 938,317 is number 878 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,138 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,683 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,401 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.