About block 916,042
Bitcoin block 916,042 was mined by ViaBTC on September 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM UTC, 23 min 16 s after block 916,041. 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 3,869 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0485 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1735 BTC for this block.
Block 916,042 is number 779 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,237 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,958 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,949 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.