About block 917,214
Bitcoin block 917,214 was mined by GDPool on October 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM UTC, 11 min 31 s after block 917,213. 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 2,818 transactions in 1.10 MB (68.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, GDPool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 917,214 is number 1,951 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 65 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,786 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. GDPool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,346 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.