About block 931,398
Bitcoin block 931,398 was mined by AntPool on January 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM UTC, 24 min 25 s after block 931,397. 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 3,774 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0409 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1659 BTC for this block.
Block 931,398 is number 7 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 2,009 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,602 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 185 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,683 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.