About block 916,973
Bitcoin block 916,973 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM UTC, 5 min 14 s after block 916,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,789 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 916,973 is number 1,710 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 306 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,027 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,605 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.