About block 916,972
Bitcoin block 916,972 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM UTC, 9 min 19 s after block 916,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,004 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 916,972 is number 1,709 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 307 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,028 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,606 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.