About block 916,998
Bitcoin block 916,998 was mined by ViaBTC on September 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM UTC, 1 min 57 s after block 916,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 837 transactions in 0.37 MB (22.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0045 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1295 BTC for this block.
Block 916,998 is number 1,735 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 281 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,002 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,577 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.