About block 917,278
Bitcoin block 917,278 was mined by WhitePool on October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM UTC, 12 min 38 s after block 917,277. 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 3,588 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0255 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1505 BTC for this block.
Block 917,278 is number 2,015 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 1 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,722 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,300 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.