About block 916,963
Bitcoin block 916,963 was mined by ViaBTC on September 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM UTC, 5 min 33 s after block 916,962. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,844 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0260 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1510 BTC for this block.
Block 916,963 is number 1,700 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 316 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,037 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 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,617 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.