About block 931,261
Bitcoin block 931,261 was mined by AntPool on January 7, 2026 at 10:48 AM UTC, 9 min 30 s after block 931,260. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,348 transactions in 1.38 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 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 931,261 is number 1,886 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 130 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,739 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 43,812 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.