About block 916,957
Bitcoin block 916,957 was mined by ViaBTC on September 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM UTC, 10 min 25 s after block 916,956. 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 2,607 transactions in 1.15 MB (71.4% 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 0.0224 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1474 BTC for this block.
Block 916,957 is number 1,694 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 322 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,043 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,623 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.