About block 938,589
Bitcoin block 938,589 was mined by AntPool on February 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM UTC, 10 min 5 s after block 938,588. 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 2,721 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 938,589 is number 1,150 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 866 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,411 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. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,299 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.