About block 916,243
Bitcoin block 916,243 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM UTC, 12 min 2 s after block 916,242. 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 2,638 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 916,243 is number 980 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,036 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,757 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,652 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.