About block 917,255
Bitcoin block 917,255 was mined by SpiderPool on October 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM UTC, 15 min 1 s after block 917,254. 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 3,546 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0446 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1696 BTC for this block.
Block 917,255 is number 1,992 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 24 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,745 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,320 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.