About block 916,049
Bitcoin block 916,049 was mined by ViaBTC on September 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM UTC, 11 min 58 s after block 916,048. 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 3,187 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0273 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1523 BTC for this block.
Block 916,049 is number 786 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,230 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,951 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 57,942 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.