About block 940,143
Bitcoin block 940,143 was mined by SECPOOL on March 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM UTC, 7 min 22 s after block 940,142. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,951 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0270 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1520 BTC for this block.
Block 940,143 is number 688 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,328 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,857 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 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 35,889 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.