About block 938,356
Bitcoin block 938,356 was mined by AntPool on February 25, 2026 at 11:54 PM UTC, 27 min 14 s after block 938,355. 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 3,740 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0327 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1577 BTC for this block.
Block 938,356 is number 917 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,099 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,644 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 37,363 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.