About block 931,497
Bitcoin block 931,497 was mined by ViaBTC on January 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM UTC, 39 min 37 s after block 931,496. 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 2,942 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0487 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1737 BTC for this block.
Block 931,497 is number 106 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,910 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,503 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,589 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.