About block 917,250
Bitcoin block 917,250 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM UTC, 20 min 18 s after block 917,249. 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 3,740 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0447 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1697 BTC for this block.
Block 917,250 is number 1,987 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 29 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,750 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,325 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.