About block 933,998
Bitcoin block 933,998 was mined by AntPool on January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM UTC, 4 min 5 s after block 933,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,910 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 933,998 is number 591 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 463; 1,425 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 935,423. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 116,002 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 41,399 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.