About block 940,010
Bitcoin block 940,010 was mined by Unknown on March 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM UTC, 12 min 52 s after block 940,009. 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 2,909 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0389 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1639 BTC for this block.
Block 940,010 is number 555 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,461 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,990 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. Unknown found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,012 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.