About block 916,869
Bitcoin block 916,869 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM UTC, 18 min 18 s after block 916,868. 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 3,114 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0244 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1494 BTC for this block.
Block 916,869 is number 1,606 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 410 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,131 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,747 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.