About block 917,229
Bitcoin block 917,229 was mined by F2Pool on October 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM UTC, 11 min 29 s after block 917,228. 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 2,973 transactions in 1.51 MB (95.7% 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 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 917,229 is number 1,966 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 50 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,771 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 56,338 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.