About block 928,971
Bitcoin block 928,971 was mined by AntPool on December 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM UTC, 22 min 54 s after block 928,970. 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 3,284 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0440 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1690 BTC for this block.
Block 928,971 is number 1,612 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 460; 404 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 929,375. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 121,029 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. AntPool found 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 45,501 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.