About block 940,035
Bitcoin block 940,035 was mined by AntPool on March 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM UTC, 6 min 2 s after block 940,034. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,773 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 940,035 is number 580 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,436 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,965 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 35,990 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.