About block 917,177
Bitcoin block 917,177 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM UTC, 6 min 35 s after block 917,176. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,154 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 917,177 is number 1,914 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 102 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,823 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 56,366 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.