About block 916,444
Bitcoin block 916,444 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM UTC, 10 min 59 s after block 916,443. 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 5,127 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 916,444 is number 1,181 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 835 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,556 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,346 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.