About block 929,966
Bitcoin block 929,966 was mined by AntPool on December 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM UTC, 30 min 36 s after block 929,965. 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 3,046 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0294 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1544 BTC for this block.
Block 929,966 is number 591 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,425 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,034 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 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 44,899 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.