About block 938,596
Bitcoin block 938,596 was mined by AntPool on February 27, 2026 at 4:07 PM UTC, 12 min 39 s after block 938,595. 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 3,154 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 938,596 is number 1,157 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 859 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,404 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,296 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.