About block 931,356
Bitcoin block 931,356 was mined by AntPool on January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM UTC, 17 min 37 s after block 931,355. 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 3,429 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 931,356 is number 1,981 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 35 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,644 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 186 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,722 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.