About block 938,888
Bitcoin block 938,888 was mined by SpiderPool on March 1, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC, 6 min 26 s after block 938,887. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,473 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 938,888 is number 1,449 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 567 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,112 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.