About block 916,248
Bitcoin block 916,248 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 916,247. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,234 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% 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 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 916,248 is number 985 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,031 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,752 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,643 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.