About block 934,494
Bitcoin block 934,494 was mined by AntPool on January 31, 2026 at 3:29 PM UTC, 11 min 8 s after block 934,493. 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 2,495 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 934,494 is number 1,087 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 463; 929 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 935,423. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 115,506 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 40,943 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.