About block 916,494
Bitcoin block 916,494 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM UTC, 16 min 6 s after block 916,493. 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 3,963 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0668 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1918 BTC for this block.
Block 916,494 is number 1,231 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 785 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,506 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,277 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.