About block 916,272
Bitcoin block 916,272 was mined by OCEAN on September 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM UTC, 2 min 11 s after block 916,271. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,443 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 916,272 is number 1,009 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1,007 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,728 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. OCEAN found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,605 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.