About block 916,116
Bitcoin block 916,116 was mined by Foundry USA on September 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM UTC, 8 min 51 s after block 916,115. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,405 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 916,116 is number 853 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,163 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,884 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. Foundry USA found 271 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,846 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.