About block 931,572
Bitcoin block 931,572 was mined by AntPool on January 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM UTC, 4 min 50 s after block 931,571. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,710 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 931,572 is number 181 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,835 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,428 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 183 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,517 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.