About block 916,603
Bitcoin block 916,603 was mined by ViaBTC on September 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM UTC, 13 min 35 s after block 916,602. 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 2,272 transactions in 1.07 MB (68.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 916,603 is number 1,340 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 676 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,397 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. ViaBTC found 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,127 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.