About block 938,971
Bitcoin block 938,971 was mined by OCEAN on March 2, 2026 at 7:26 AM UTC, 9 min 50 s after block 938,970. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,648 transactions in 0.93 MB (54.8% 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 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 938,971 is number 1,532 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 484 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,029 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. OCEAN found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,961 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.