About block 940,032
Bitcoin block 940,032 was mined by AntPool on March 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC, 24 min 4 s after block 940,031. 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 3,470 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0426 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1676 BTC for this block.
Block 940,032 is number 577 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,439 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,968 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 35,993 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.