About block 938,442
Bitcoin block 938,442 was mined by AntPool on February 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM UTC, 4 min 46 s after block 938,441. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,162 transactions in 1.88 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 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 938,442 is number 1,003 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 1,013 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,558 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,425 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.