About block 917,203
Bitcoin block 917,203 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM UTC, 9 min 8 s after block 917,202. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,833 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% 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 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 917,203 is number 1,940 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 76 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,797 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 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,348 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.