About block 938,491
Bitcoin block 938,491 was mined by SpiderPool on February 26, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTC, 13 min 11 s after block 938,490. 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 3,007 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0313 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1563 BTC for this block.
Block 938,491 is number 1,052 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 964 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,509 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,384 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.