About block 931,371
Bitcoin block 931,371 was mined by MARA Pool on January 8, 2026 at 5:25 AM UTC, 3 min 58 s after block 931,370. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6 transactions in 3.99 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 931,371 is number 1,996 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 20 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,629 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,707 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.