About block 917,216
Bitcoin block 917,216 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM UTC, 5 min 19 s after block 917,215. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,466 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0154 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1404 BTC for this block.
Block 917,216 is number 1,953 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 63 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,784 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,344 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.