About block 916,879
Bitcoin block 916,879 was mined by AntPool on September 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM UTC, 29 min 3 s after block 916,878. 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 3,177 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0336 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1586 BTC for this block.
Block 916,879 is number 1,616 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 400 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,121 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,737 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.