About block 916,987
Bitcoin block 916,987 was mined by MARA Pool on September 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM UTC, 16 min 47 s after block 916,986. 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 2,786 transactions in 1.56 MB (96.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 916,987 is number 1,724 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 292 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,013 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. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,590 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.