About block 938,942
Bitcoin block 938,942 was mined by AntPool on March 2, 2026 at 2:27 AM UTC, 8 min 0 s after block 938,941. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,848 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 938,942 is number 1,503 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 513 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,058 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. AntPool found 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,986 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.