About block 940,031
Bitcoin block 940,031 was mined by AntPool on March 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM UTC, 8 min 15 s after block 940,030. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,686 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 940,031 is number 576 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,440 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,969 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 35,994 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.