About block 938,661
Bitcoin block 938,661 was mined by Poolin on February 28, 2026 at 4:35 AM UTC, 11 min 59 s after block 938,660. 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 3,525 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Poolin earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 938,661 is number 1,222 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 794 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,339 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. Poolin found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,239 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.