About block 916,598
Bitcoin block 916,598 was mined by AntPool on September 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM UTC, 11 min 58 s after block 916,597. 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 4,330 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 916,598 is number 1,335 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 681 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,402 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 57,132 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.