About block 916,968
Bitcoin block 916,968 was mined by WhitePool on September 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM UTC, 7 min 1 s after block 916,967. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,753 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 916,968 is number 1,705 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 311 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,032 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,610 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.