About block 928,998
Bitcoin block 928,998 was mined by MARA Pool on December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM UTC, 6 min 40 s after block 928,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,430 transactions in 1.82 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 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 928,998 is number 1,639 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 460; 377 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 929,375. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 121,002 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 45,492 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.