About block 916,161
Bitcoin block 916,161 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM UTC, 13 min 2 s after block 916,160. 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 2,623 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1522 BTC for this block.
Block 916,161 is number 898 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,118 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,839 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,777 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.