About block 916,659
Bitcoin block 916,659 was mined by ViaBTC on September 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM UTC, 20 min 34 s after block 916,658. 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 3,256 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% 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 0.0309 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1559 BTC for this block.
Block 916,659 is number 1,396 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 620 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,341 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,044 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.