About block 933,244
Bitcoin block 933,244 was mined by AntPool on January 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM UTC, 20 min 25 s after block 933,243. 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 3,178 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0469 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1719 BTC for this block.
Block 933,244 is number 1,853 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 163 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 116,756 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 42,020 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.