About block 939,971
Bitcoin block 939,971 was mined by ViaBTC on March 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM UTC, 7 min 23 s after block 939,970. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,598 transactions in 1.44 MB (97.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 939,971 is number 516 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,500 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,029 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,048 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.