About block 938,597
Bitcoin block 938,597 was mined by AntPool on February 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM UTC, 6 min 41 s after block 938,596. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,100 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0203 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1453 BTC for this block.
Block 938,597 is number 1,158 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 858 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,403 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 37,295 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.