About block 938,403
Bitcoin block 938,403 was mined by AntPool on February 26, 2026 at 5:17 AM UTC, 3 min 41 s after block 938,402. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 689 transactions in 1.12 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 938,403 is number 964 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,052 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,597 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,319 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.