About block 917,142
Bitcoin block 917,142 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM UTC, 51 seconds after block 917,141. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,745 transactions in 1.98 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0034 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1284 BTC for this block.
Block 917,142 is number 1,879 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 137 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,858 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,384 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.