About block 931,298
Bitcoin block 931,298 was mined by AntPool on January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM UTC, 15 min 38 s after block 931,297. 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 3,118 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% 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 0.0409 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1659 BTC for this block.
Block 931,298 is number 1,923 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 93 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,702 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 43,776 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.