About block 938,502
Bitcoin block 938,502 was mined by SpiderPool on February 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM UTC, 7 min 41 s after block 938,501. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,634 transactions in 1.93 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0027 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1277 BTC for this block.
Block 938,502 is number 1,063 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 953 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,498 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 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,374 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.