About block 916,157
Bitcoin block 916,157 was mined by MARA Pool on September 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM UTC, 18 min 15 s after block 916,156. 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 2,696 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0277 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1527 BTC for this block.
Block 916,157 is number 894 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,122 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,843 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. MARA Pool found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,788 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.