About block 916,221
Bitcoin block 916,221 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM UTC, 10 min 20 s after block 916,220. 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 2,753 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 916,221 is number 958 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,058 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,779 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. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,679 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.