About block 931,038
Bitcoin block 931,038 was mined by AntPool on January 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTC, 36 min 9 s after block 931,037. 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 3,799 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0641 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1891 BTC for this block.
Block 931,038 is number 1,663 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 353 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,962 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 190 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 44,023 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.