About block 917,176
Bitcoin block 917,176 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2025 at 4:33 AM UTC, 3 min 32 s after block 917,175. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 823 transactions in 0.36 MB (22.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0061 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1311 BTC for this block.
Block 917,176 is number 1,913 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 103 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,824 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,360 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.