About block 939,948
Bitcoin block 939,948 was mined by AntPool on March 9, 2026 at 6:49 AM UTC, 11 min 17 s after block 939,947. 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 3,331 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 939,948 is number 493 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,523 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,052 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. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,068 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.