About block 917,157
Bitcoin block 917,157 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM UTC, 18 min 8 s after block 917,156. 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 2,915 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0281 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1531 BTC for this block.
Block 917,157 is number 1,894 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 122 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,843 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,369 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.