About block 938,572
Bitcoin block 938,572 was mined by AntPool on February 27, 2026 at 11:56 AM UTC, 8 min 32 s after block 938,571. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,740 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 938,572 is number 1,133 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 883 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,428 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 37,315 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.