About block 916,285
Bitcoin block 916,285 was mined by AntPool on September 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM UTC, 4 min 59 s after block 916,284. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,996 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 916,285 is number 1,022 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,715 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 57,586 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.