About block 938,896
Bitcoin block 938,896 was mined by AntPool on March 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM UTC, 3 min 17 s after block 938,895. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,422 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 938,896 is number 1,457 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 559 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,104 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. AntPool found 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 37,031 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.