About block 916,821
Bitcoin block 916,821 was mined by Foundry USA on September 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM UTC, 4 min 27 s after block 916,820. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,115 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 916,821 is number 1,558 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 458 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,179 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. Foundry USA found 269 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,819 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.