About block 939,942
Bitcoin block 939,942 was mined by SECPOOL on March 9, 2026 at 5:44 AM UTC, 11 min 37 s after block 939,941. 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 2,653 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 939,942 is number 487 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,529 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,058 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,074 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.