About block 938,436
Bitcoin block 938,436 was mined by SpiderPool on February 26, 2026 at 1:55 PM UTC, 10 min 24 s after block 938,435. 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 3,061 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0364 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1614 BTC for this block.
Block 938,436 is number 997 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,019 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,564 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,428 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.