About block 931,597
Bitcoin block 931,597 was mined by SpiderPool on January 9, 2026 at 8:52 PM UTC, 4 min 8 s after block 931,596. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,311 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 931,597 is number 206 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,810 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,403 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. SpiderPool found 61 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,493 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.