About block 931,173
Bitcoin block 931,173 was mined by ViaBTC on January 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM UTC, 16 min 48 s after block 931,172. 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 3,505 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0315 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1565 BTC for this block.
Block 931,173 is number 1,798 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 218 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,827 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,898 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.