About block 938,699
Bitcoin block 938,699 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on February 28, 2026 at 9:48 AM UTC, 22 min 57 s after block 938,698. 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 3,404 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0320 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1570 BTC for this block.
Block 938,699 is number 1,260 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 756 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,301 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,203 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.