About block 916,861
Bitcoin block 916,861 was mined by AntPool on September 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM UTC, 8 min 27 s after block 916,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,044 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0149 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1399 BTC for this block.
Block 916,861 is number 1,598 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 418 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,139 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 56,763 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.