About block 931,618
Bitcoin block 931,618 was mined by AntPool on January 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC, 15 min 16 s after block 931,617. 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 2,904 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 0.0262 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1512 BTC for this block.
Block 931,618 is number 227 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,789 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,382 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 43,473 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.