About block 929,617
Bitcoin block 929,617 was mined by SpiderPool on December 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM UTC, 15 seconds after block 929,616. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,759 transactions in 1.73 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 0.0025 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1275 BTC for this block.
Block 929,617 is number 242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,383 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. SpiderPool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 45,139 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.