About block 916,857
Bitcoin block 916,857 was mined by SECPOOL on September 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM UTC, 2 min 39 s after block 916,856. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,257 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0054 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1304 BTC for this block.
Block 916,857 is number 1,594 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 422 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,143 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,767 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.