About block 916,597
Bitcoin block 916,597 was mined by AntPool on September 27, 2025 at 7:47 AM UTC, 1 min 34 s after block 916,596. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,607 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0037 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1287 BTC for this block.
Block 916,597 is number 1,334 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 682 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,403 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,133 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.