About block 917,240
Bitcoin block 917,240 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM UTC, 9 min 1 s after block 917,239. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,568 transactions in 1.41 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 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 917,240 is number 1,977 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 39 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,760 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,331 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.