About block 917,024
Bitcoin block 917,024 was mined by AntPool on September 30, 2025 at 5:59 AM UTC, 11 min 39 s after block 917,023. 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 3,928 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 917,024 is number 1,761 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 255 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,976 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,538 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.