About block 916,244
Bitcoin block 916,244 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM UTC, 4 min 18 s after block 916,243. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,068 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 916,244 is number 981 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,035 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,756 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 57,651 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.