About block 917,098
Bitcoin block 917,098 was mined by ViaBTC on September 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM UTC, 18 min 14 s after block 917,097. 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 3,344 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0467 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1717 BTC for this block.
Block 917,098 is number 1,835 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 181 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,902 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. ViaBTC found 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,430 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.