About block 916,261
Bitcoin block 916,261 was mined by AntPool on September 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM UTC, 4 min 49 s after block 916,260. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,779 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 916,261 is number 998 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,018 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,739 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 210 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,625 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.