About block 931,978
Bitcoin block 931,978 was mined by SpiderPool on January 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTC, 8 min 9 s after block 931,977. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,371 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 931,978 is number 587 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,429 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,022 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. SpiderPool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,136 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.