About block 917,226
Bitcoin block 917,226 was mined by SECPOOL on October 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM UTC, 6 min 26 s after block 917,225. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,355 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% 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 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 917,226 is number 1,963 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 53 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,774 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,341 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.