About block 917,279
Bitcoin block 917,279 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM UTC, 2 min 50 s after block 917,278. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,844 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 917,279 is number 2,016 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 0 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,721 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 56,299 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.