About block 917,281
Bitcoin block 917,281 was mined by F2Pool on October 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM UTC, 4 min 57 s after block 917,280. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,366 transactions in 0.75 MB (44.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 917,281 is number 2 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 2,014 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,719 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 56,299 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.