About block 931,996
Bitcoin block 931,996 was mined by SpiderPool on January 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM UTC, 17 min 19 s after block 931,995. 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 2,764 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0261 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1511 BTC for this block.
Block 931,996 is number 605 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,411 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,004 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 43,118 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.