About block 929,949
Bitcoin block 929,949 was mined by AntPool on December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM UTC, 20 min 5 s after block 929,948. 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 3,016 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 929,949 is number 574 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,442 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,051 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. AntPool found 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 44,916 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.