About block 915,973
Bitcoin block 915,973 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM UTC, 15 min 43 s after block 915,972. 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 2,307 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% 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 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 915,973 is number 710 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,306 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 134,027 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 58,054 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.