About block 938,998
Bitcoin block 938,998 was mined by MARA Pool on March 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC, 6 min 9 s after block 938,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,371 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 938,998 is number 1,559 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 465; 457 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 939,455. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 111,002 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,941 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.