About block 916,616
Bitcoin block 916,616 was mined by MARA Pool on September 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM UTC, 2 min 27 s after block 916,615. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 590 transactions in 0.75 MB (36.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 916,616 is number 1,353 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 663 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,384 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. MARA Pool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,109 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.