About block 929,986
Bitcoin block 929,986 was mined by AntPool on December 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM UTC, 8 min 47 s after block 929,985. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,552 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0134 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1384 BTC for this block.
Block 929,986 is number 611 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,405 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,014 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 44,881 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.