About block 916,609
Bitcoin block 916,609 was mined by SpiderPool on September 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM UTC, 7 seconds after block 916,608. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,952 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0043 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1293 BTC for this block.
Block 916,609 is number 1,346 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 670 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,391 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 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,118 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.