About block 916,228
Bitcoin block 916,228 was mined by WhitePool on September 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM UTC, 11 min 58 s after block 916,227. 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 3,957 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 916,228 is number 965 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,051 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,772 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,672 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.