About block 917,178
Bitcoin block 917,178 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM UTC, 15 min 7 s after block 917,177. 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 2,347 transactions in 1.28 MB (79.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 917,178 is number 1,915 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 101 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,822 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 56,358 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.