About block 931,246
Bitcoin block 931,246 was mined by AntPool on January 7, 2026 at 8:27 AM UTC, 18 min 34 s after block 931,245. 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 3,019 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0302 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1552 BTC for this block.
Block 931,246 is number 1,871 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 145 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,754 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. AntPool found 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,826 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.