About block 929,974
Bitcoin block 929,974 was mined by AntPool on December 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM UTC, 14 min 22 s after block 929,973. 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 3,385 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% 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 0.0297 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1547 BTC for this block.
Block 929,974 is number 599 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,417 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,026 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 44,892 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.