About block 940,009
Bitcoin block 940,009 was mined by AntPool on March 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM UTC, 34 min 20 s after block 940,008. 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 4,253 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0639 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1889 BTC for this block.
Block 940,009 is number 554 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,462 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,991 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 36,013 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.