About block 938,685
Bitcoin block 938,685 was mined by SpiderPool on February 28, 2026 at 7:38 AM UTC, 4 min 34 s after block 938,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,472 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 938,685 is number 1,246 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 770 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,315 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,217 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.