About block 928,498
Bitcoin block 928,498 was mined by ViaBTC on December 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 928,497. 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 3,100 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0281 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1531 BTC for this block.
Block 928,498 is number 1,139 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 460; 877 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 929,375. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 121,502 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 45,759 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.