About block 917,003
Bitcoin block 917,003 was mined by AntPool on September 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM UTC, 15 min 24 s after block 917,002. 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 4,609 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 917,003 is number 1,740 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 276 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,997 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,568 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.