About block 916,896
Bitcoin block 916,896 was mined by Foundry USA on September 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM UTC, 8 min 59 s after block 916,895. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,893 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 916,896 is number 1,633 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 383 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,104 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. Foundry USA found 267 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,710 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.