About block 938,437
Bitcoin block 938,437 was mined by AntPool on February 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM UTC, 23 min 53 s after block 938,436. 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 3,757 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0610 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1860 BTC for this block.
Block 938,437 is number 998 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,018 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,563 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 37,427 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.