About block 938,978
Bitcoin block 938,978 was mined by SpiderPool on March 2, 2026 at 8:21 AM UTC, 10 min 11 s after block 938,977. 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 2,883 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 938,978 is number 1,539 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 477 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,022 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,954 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.