About block 938,640
Bitcoin block 938,640 was mined by MARA Pool on February 28, 2026 at 12:13 AM UTC, 6 min 20 s after block 938,639. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,341 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 938,640 is number 1,201 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 815 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,360 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,255 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.