About block 916,229
Bitcoin block 916,229 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM UTC, 7 min 3 s after block 916,228. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,747 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 916,229 is number 966 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,050 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,771 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,671 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.