About block 917,174
Bitcoin block 917,174 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM UTC, 27 min 44 s after block 917,173. 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 2,900 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 917,174 is number 1,911 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 105 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,826 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,369 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.