About block 931,980
Bitcoin block 931,980 was mined by AntPool on January 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC, 8 min 41 s after block 931,979. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,719 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 931,980 is number 589 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,427 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,020 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 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,134 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.