About block 940,008
Bitcoin block 940,008 was mined by SECPOOL on March 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC, 4 min 51 s after block 940,007. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,724 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% 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 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 940,008 is number 553 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,463 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,992 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,014 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.