About block 916,978
Bitcoin block 916,978 was mined by OCEAN on September 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM UTC, 8 min 57 s after block 916,977. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,995 transactions in 1.08 MB (66.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 916,978 is number 1,715 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 301 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,022 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. OCEAN found 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,599 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.