About block 917,057
Bitcoin block 917,057 was mined by Mining Squared on September 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM UTC, 11 min 34 s after block 917,056. 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 4,727 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 917,057 is number 1,794 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 222 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,943 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 56,491 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.