About block 931,162
Bitcoin block 931,162 was mined by AntPool on January 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM UTC, 20 min 28 s after block 931,161. 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 4,065 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 931,162 is number 1,787 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 229 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,838 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 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,909 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.