About block 917,227
Bitcoin block 917,227 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM UTC, 25 min 35 s after block 917,226. 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 4,255 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0424 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1674 BTC for this block.
Block 917,227 is number 1,964 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 52 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,773 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,340 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.