About block 938,398
Bitcoin block 938,398 was mined by MARA Pool on February 26, 2026 at 3:54 AM UTC, 7 min 25 s after block 938,397. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,999 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0115 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1365 BTC for this block.
Block 938,398 is number 959 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,057 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,602 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. MARA Pool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,324 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.