About block 917,242
Bitcoin block 917,242 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM UTC, 15 min 38 s after block 917,241. 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 3,636 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0384 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1634 BTC for this block.
Block 917,242 is number 1,979 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 37 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,758 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 56,329 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.