About block 917,020
Bitcoin block 917,020 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM UTC, 17 min 30 s after block 917,019. 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 3,494 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 917,020 is number 1,757 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 259 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,980 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,547 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.