About block 939,970
Bitcoin block 939,970 was mined by AntPool on March 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM UTC, 26 min 21 s after block 939,969. 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 2,920 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0412 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1662 BTC for this block.
Block 939,970 is number 515 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,501 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,030 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,049 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.