About block 916,269
Bitcoin block 916,269 was mined by Braiins Pool on September 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM UTC, 8 min 49 s after block 916,268. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,125 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 916,269 is number 1,006 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,010 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,731 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. Braiins Pool found 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.