About block 938,997
Bitcoin block 938,997 was mined by SpiderPool on March 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM UTC, 16 min 9 s after block 938,996. 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 3,348 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0240 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1490 BTC for this block.
Block 938,997 is number 1,558 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 458 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,003 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 36,942 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.