About block 917,036
Bitcoin block 917,036 was mined by AntPool on September 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM UTC, 10 min 32 s after block 917,035. 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 2,806 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 917,036 is number 1,773 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 243 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,964 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 56,519 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.