About block 931,003
Bitcoin block 931,003 was mined by MARA Pool on January 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM UTC, 38 min 12 s after block 931,002. 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 4,071 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0638 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1888 BTC for this block.
Block 931,003 is number 1,628 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 388 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,997 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. MARA Pool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 44,054 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.