About block 917,097
Bitcoin block 917,097 was mined by Mining Squared on September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM UTC, 13 min 59 s after block 917,096. 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 3,452 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% 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 0.0383 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1633 BTC for this block.
Block 917,097 is number 1,834 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 182 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,903 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 56,431 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.