About block 916,974
Bitcoin block 916,974 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM UTC, 28 min 54 s after block 916,973. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,277 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0427 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1677 BTC for this block.
Block 916,974 is number 1,711 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 305 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,026 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 56,604 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.