About block 917,056
Bitcoin block 917,056 was mined by Mining Squared on September 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM UTC, 8 min 51 s after block 917,055. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,181 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 917,056 is number 1,793 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 223 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,944 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,492 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.