About block 917,246
Bitcoin block 917,246 was mined by SECPOOL on October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC, 12 min 43 s after block 917,245. 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 3,657 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0443 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1693 BTC for this block.
Block 917,246 is number 1,983 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 33 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,754 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 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,329 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.