About block 916,698
Bitcoin block 916,698 was mined by AntPool on September 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM UTC, 5 min 38 s after block 916,697. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,389 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0079 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1329 BTC for this block.
Block 916,698 is number 1,435 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 581 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,302 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,994 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.