About block 917,175
Bitcoin block 917,175 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM UTC, 17 min 43 s after block 917,174. 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 3,365 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 917,175 is number 1,912 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 104 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,825 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. Braiins Pool found 20 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,368 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.