About block 917,262
Bitcoin block 917,262 was mined by F2Pool on October 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM UTC, 9 min 38 s after block 917,261. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,821 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% 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 0.0412 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1662 BTC for this block.
Block 917,262 is number 1,999 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 17 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,738 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. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,316 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.