About block 928,996
Bitcoin block 928,996 was mined by Mining Squared on December 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM UTC, 2 min 36 s after block 928,995. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,890 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 928,996 is number 1,637 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 460; 379 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 929,375. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 121,004 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 45,494 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.