About block 916,661
Bitcoin block 916,661 was mined by SpiderPool on September 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM UTC, 1 min 8 s after block 916,660. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,578 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0065 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1315 BTC for this block.
Block 916,661 is number 1,398 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 618 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,339 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 57,042 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.