About block 940,038
Bitcoin block 940,038 was mined by SECPOOL on March 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC, 22 min 26 s after block 940,037. 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 3,065 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0341 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1591 BTC for this block.
Block 940,038 is number 583 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,433 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,962 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 35,989 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.