About block 917,039
Bitcoin block 917,039 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM UTC, 40 seconds after block 917,038. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,900 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 917,039 is number 1,776 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 240 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,961 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 56,516 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.