About block 916,257
Bitcoin block 916,257 was mined by SpiderPool on September 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM UTC, 11 min 55 s after block 916,256. 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 5,031 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 916,257 is number 994 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,022 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,743 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. SpiderPool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,629 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.