About block 917,217
Bitcoin block 917,217 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM UTC, 6 min 21 s after block 917,216. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,989 transactions in 0.80 MB (50.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 917,217 is number 1,954 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 62 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,783 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,343 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.