About block 938,490
Bitcoin block 938,490 was mined by AntPool on February 26, 2026 at 11:09 PM UTC, 1 min 11 s after block 938,489. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,079 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0023 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1273 BTC for this block.
Block 938,490 is number 1,051 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 965 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,510 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,385 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.