About block 916,642
Bitcoin block 916,642 was mined by ViaBTC on September 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM UTC, 4 min 28 s after block 916,641. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,638 transactions in 1.16 MB (70.8% 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 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 916,642 is number 1,379 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 637 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,358 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. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,067 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.