About block 931,453
Bitcoin block 931,453 was mined by AntPool on January 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM UTC, 4 min 27 s after block 931,452. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,174 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% 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 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 931,453 is number 62 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,954 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,547 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 184 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,631 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.