About block 938,977
Bitcoin block 938,977 was mined by AntPool on March 2, 2026 at 8:11 AM UTC, 17 min 57 s after block 938,976. 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 1,830 transactions in 2.11 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0328 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1578 BTC for this block.
Block 938,977 is number 1,538 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 478 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,023 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,955 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.