About block 929,997
Bitcoin block 929,997 was mined by SpiderPool on December 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM UTC, 9 min 7 s after block 929,996. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,060 transactions in 1.79 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 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 929,997 is number 622 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 461; 1,394 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 931,391. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 120,003 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. SpiderPool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 44,870 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.