About block 917,266
Bitcoin block 917,266 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM UTC, 11 min 59 s after block 917,265. 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 3,419 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0389 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1639 BTC for this block.
Block 917,266 is number 2,003 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 13 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,734 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 56,312 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.