About block 931,404
Bitcoin block 931,404 was mined by AntPool on January 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM UTC, 15 min 54 s after block 931,403. 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 4,322 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 931,404 is number 13 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 2,003 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,596 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 185 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,677 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.