About block 938,598
Bitcoin block 938,598 was mined by OCEAN on February 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM UTC, 7 min 47 s after block 938,597. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 691 transactions in 0.26 MB (15.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 938,598 is number 1,159 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 857 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,402 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. OCEAN found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,294 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.