About block 916,960
Bitcoin block 916,960 was mined by MARA Pool on September 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM UTC, 9 min 49 s after block 916,959. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,451 transactions in 1.08 MB (65.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 916,960 is number 1,697 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 319 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,040 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. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,621 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.