About block 916,986
Bitcoin block 916,986 was mined by AntPool on September 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM UTC, 7 min 52 s after block 916,985. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,244 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 916,986 is number 1,723 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 293 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,014 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,591 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.