About block 929,897
Bitcoin block 929,897 was mined by MARA Pool on December 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM UTC, 54 seconds after block 929,896. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,076 transactions in 1.79 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 0.0041 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1291 BTC for this block.
Block 929,897 is number 522 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,494 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,103 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. MARA Pool found 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 44,964 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.