About block 940,020
Bitcoin block 940,020 was mined by SpiderPool on March 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC, 3 min 48 s after block 940,019. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,043 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 940,020 is number 565 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,451 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,980 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. SpiderPool found 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,005 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.