About block 917,059
Bitcoin block 917,059 was mined by MARA Pool on September 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM UTC, 12 min 34 s after block 917,058. 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 3,108 transactions in 1.34 MB (80.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0504 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1754 BTC for this block.
Block 917,059 is number 1,796 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 220 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,941 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. MARA Pool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,489 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.