About block 916,497
Bitcoin block 916,497 was mined by Foundry USA on September 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM UTC, 4 min 27 s after block 916,496. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,568 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0352 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1602 BTC for this block.
Block 916,497 is number 1,234 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 782 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,503 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. Foundry USA found 268 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,270 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.