About block 938,435
Bitcoin block 938,435 was mined by MARA Pool on February 26, 2026 at 1:44 PM UTC, 58 seconds after block 938,434. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,630 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 938,435 is number 996 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,020 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,565 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,429 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.