About block 916,966
Bitcoin block 916,966 was mined by SECPOOL on September 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM UTC, 3 min 52 s after block 916,965. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,985 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 916,966 is number 1,703 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 313 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,034 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,612 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.