About block 917,041
Bitcoin block 917,041 was mined by AntPool on September 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM UTC, 1 min 26 s after block 917,040. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,660 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0047 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1297 BTC for this block.
Block 917,041 is number 1,778 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 238 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,959 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 56,514 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.