About block 928,229
Bitcoin block 928,229 was mined by MARA Pool on December 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM UTC, 14 min 17 s after block 928,228. 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 3,602 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% 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 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 928,229 is number 870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 460; 1,146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 929,375. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 121,771 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. MARA Pool found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 45,920 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.