About block 931,472
Bitcoin block 931,472 was mined by ViaBTC on January 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM UTC, 6 min 29 s after block 931,471. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,637 transactions in 1.03 MB (56.1% 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 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 931,472 is number 81 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,935 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,528 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 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,613 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.