About block 917,168
Bitcoin block 917,168 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM UTC, 2 min 0 s after block 917,167. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,180 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0689 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1939 BTC for this block.
Block 917,168 is number 1,905 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 111 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,832 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,368 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.