About block 916,842
Bitcoin block 916,842 was mined by AntPool on September 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM UTC, 21 min 32 s after block 916,841. 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 3,778 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 916,842 is number 1,579 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 437 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,158 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,793 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.