About block 916,959
Bitcoin block 916,959 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM UTC, 10 min 50 s after block 916,958. 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 3,972 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 916,959 is number 1,696 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 320 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,041 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,621 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.