About block 926,974
Bitcoin block 926,974 was mined by AntPool on December 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM UTC, 15 min 46 s after block 926,973. 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 2,928 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0262 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1512 BTC for this block.
Block 926,974 is number 1,631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 459; 385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 927,359. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 123,026 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 46,601 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.