About block 916,542
Bitcoin block 916,542 was mined by SpiderPool on September 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM UTC, 1 min 30 s after block 916,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,070 transactions in 1.99 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 916,542 is number 1,279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,458 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. SpiderPool found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,213 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.