About block 931,444
Bitcoin block 931,444 was mined by SpiderPool on January 8, 2026 at 6:03 PM UTC, 7 min 55 s after block 931,443. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,530 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 931,444 is number 53 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,963 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,556 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. SpiderPool found 61 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.