About block 931,997
Bitcoin block 931,997 was mined by ViaBTC on January 12, 2026 at 3:46 PM UTC, 32 min 19 s after block 931,996. 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 4,080 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0528 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1778 BTC for this block.
Block 931,997 is number 606 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 462; 1,410 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 933,407. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 118,003 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 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 43,117 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.