About block 938,429
Bitcoin block 938,429 was mined by SpiderPool on February 26, 2026 at 1:19 PM UTC, 2 min 11 s after block 938,428. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,081 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0418 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1668 BTC for this block.
Block 938,429 is number 990 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,026 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,571 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,435 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.