About block 916,988
Bitcoin block 916,988 was mined by WhitePool on September 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC, 15 min 4 s after block 916,987. 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 3,659 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0218 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1468 BTC for this block.
Block 916,988 is number 1,725 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 291 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,012 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,587 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.