About block 938,434
Bitcoin block 938,434 was mined by AntPool on February 26, 2026 at 1:43 PM UTC, 1 min 37 s after block 938,433. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,505 transactions in 1.73 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 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 938,434 is number 995 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,021 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,566 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 37,430 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.