About block 928,972
Bitcoin block 928,972 was mined by AntPool on December 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM UTC, 10 min 30 s after block 928,971. 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 3,654 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0302 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1552 BTC for this block.
Block 928,972 is number 1,613 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 460; 403 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 929,375. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 121,028 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 45,508 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.