About block 939,986
Bitcoin block 939,986 was mined by AntPool on March 9, 2026 at 11:05 AM UTC, 12 seconds after block 939,985. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,137 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0021 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1271 BTC for this block.
Block 939,986 is number 531 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,485 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,014 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,036 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.