About block 938,638
Bitcoin block 938,638 was mined by AntPool on February 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC, 17 min 17 s after block 938,637. 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 3,351 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0331 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1581 BTC for this block.
Block 938,638 is number 1,199 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 817 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,362 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 37,257 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.