About block 916,009
Bitcoin block 916,009 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM UTC, 56 min 23 s after block 916,008. 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 3,961 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0709 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1959 BTC for this block.
Block 916,009 is number 746 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,270 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,991 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 58,000 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.