About block 916,898
Bitcoin block 916,898 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM UTC, 6 min 15 s after block 916,897. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,283 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% 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 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 916,898 is number 1,635 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 381 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,102 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 56,708 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.