About block 940,021
Bitcoin block 940,021 was mined by ViaBTC on March 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM UTC, 28 min 37 s after block 940,020. 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 3,533 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0512 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1762 BTC for this block.
Block 940,021 is number 566 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,450 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,979 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. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,004 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.