About block 917,156
Bitcoin block 917,156 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM UTC, 10 min 27 s after block 917,155. 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 1,873 transactions in 1.05 MB (63.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 917,156 is number 1,893 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 123 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,844 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 56,370 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.