About block 916,566
Bitcoin block 916,566 was mined by Foundry USA on September 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM UTC, 11 min 52 s after block 916,565. 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 2,849 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 916,566 is number 1,303 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 713 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,434 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. Foundry USA found 264 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,183 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.