About block 917,009
Bitcoin block 917,009 was mined by SECPOOL on September 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM UTC, 10 min 43 s after block 917,008. 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 4,557 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% 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 0.0163 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1413 BTC for this block.
Block 917,009 is number 1,746 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 270 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,991 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,562 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.