About block 940,049
Bitcoin block 940,049 was mined by AntPool on March 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM UTC, 26 min 16 s after block 940,048. 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 3,131 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0371 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1621 BTC for this block.
Block 940,049 is number 594 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,422 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,951 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 35,980 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.