About block 916,873
Bitcoin block 916,873 was mined by OCEAN on September 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM UTC, 5 min 55 s after block 916,872. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,731 transactions in 0.65 MB (44.0% 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 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 916,873 is number 1,610 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 406 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,127 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. OCEAN found 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,743 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.