About block 931,499
Bitcoin block 931,499 was mined by AntPool on January 9, 2026 at 4:16 AM UTC, 17 min 29 s after block 931,498. 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 2,969 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0224 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1474 BTC for this block.
Block 931,499 is number 108 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,908 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,501 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 184 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,587 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.