About block 916,859
Bitcoin block 916,859 was mined by MARA Pool on September 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM UTC, 26 min 6 s after block 916,858. 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 2,874 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 916,859 is number 1,596 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 420 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,141 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. MARA Pool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,765 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.