About block 929,729
Bitcoin block 929,729 was mined by AntPool on December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM UTC, 34 min 45 s after block 929,728. 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 3,832 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0370 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1620 BTC for this block.
Block 929,729 is number 354 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,662 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,271 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 45,085 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.