About block 931,297
Bitcoin block 931,297 was mined by AntPool on January 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM UTC, 4 min 14 s after block 931,296. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,726 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 931,297 is number 1,922 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 94 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,703 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 43,777 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.