About block 938,428
Bitcoin block 938,428 was mined by Foundry USA on February 26, 2026 at 1:17 PM UTC, 35 min 46 s after block 938,427. 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 4,018 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1038 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.2288 BTC for this block.
Block 938,428 is number 989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,027 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,572 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. Foundry USA found 247 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,436 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.