About block 917,222
Bitcoin block 917,222 was mined by F2Pool on October 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM UTC, 1 min 17 s after block 917,221. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 472 transactions in 0.15 MB (9.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0024 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1274 BTC for this block.
Block 917,222 is number 1,959 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 57 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,778 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. F2Pool found 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,345 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.