About block 916,493
Bitcoin block 916,493 was mined by MARA Pool on September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM UTC, 24 min 33 s after block 916,492. 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 3,873 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0781 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2031 BTC for this block.
Block 916,493 is number 1,230 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 786 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,507 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. MARA Pool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,278 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.