About block 916,516
Bitcoin block 916,516 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM UTC, 25 min 21 s after block 916,515. 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 3,866 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0598 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1848 BTC for this block.
Block 916,516 is number 1,253 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 763 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,484 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,247 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.