About block 931,971
Bitcoin block 931,971 was mined by SpiderPool on January 12, 2026 at 10:50 AM UTC, 8 min 9 s after block 931,970. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,545 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 931,971 is number 580 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,436 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,029 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 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,143 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.