About block 917,286
Bitcoin block 917,286 was mined by AntPool on October 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM UTC, 11 min 32 s after block 917,285. 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 1,709 transactions in 1.91 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0402 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1652 BTC for this block.
Block 917,286 is number 7 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 2,009 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,714 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 56,294 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.