About block 940,036
Bitcoin block 940,036 was mined by ViaBTC on March 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM UTC, 17 min 2 s after block 940,035. 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 3,515 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0343 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1593 BTC for this block.
Block 940,036 is number 581 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,435 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,964 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 35,991 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.