About block 931,578
Bitcoin block 931,578 was mined by ViaBTC on January 9, 2026 at 6:18 PM UTC, 27 min 33 s after block 931,577. 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 3,814 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0596 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1846 BTC for this block.
Block 931,578 is number 187 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,829 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,422 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 43,511 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.