About block 931,256
Bitcoin block 931,256 was mined by SpiderPool on January 7, 2026 at 9:19 AM UTC, 2 min 12 s after block 931,255. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,101 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0040 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1290 BTC for this block.
Block 931,256 is number 1,881 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 135 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,744 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. SpiderPool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,817 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.