About block 916,870
Bitcoin block 916,870 was mined by AntPool on September 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM UTC, 22 min 52 s after block 916,869. 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 2,676 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 916,870 is number 1,607 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 409 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,130 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,746 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.