About block 938,601
Bitcoin block 938,601 was mined by MARA Pool on February 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC, 24 min 41 s after block 938,600. 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 3,717 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0504 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1754 BTC for this block.
Block 938,601 is number 1,162 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 854 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,399 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,291 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.