About block 916,949
Bitcoin block 916,949 was mined by ViaBTC on September 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM UTC, 4 min 21 s after block 916,948. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,143 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0228 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1478 BTC for this block.
Block 916,949 is number 1,686 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 330 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,051 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. ViaBTC found 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.