About block 931,197
Bitcoin block 931,197 was mined by MARA Pool on January 6, 2026 at 11:49 PM UTC, 34 min 8 s after block 931,196. 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 3,841 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0402 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1652 BTC for this block.
Block 931,197 is number 1,822 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 194 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,803 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. MARA Pool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,875 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.