About block 929,973
Bitcoin block 929,973 was mined by AntPool on December 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM UTC, 4 min 25 s after block 929,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,055 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 929,973 is number 598 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,418 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,027 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 44,893 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.