About block 931,163
Bitcoin block 931,163 was mined by AntPool on January 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM UTC, 8 min 34 s after block 931,162. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,324 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 931,163 is number 1,788 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 228 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,837 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 43,908 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.