About block 917,289
Bitcoin block 917,289 was mined by SECPOOL on October 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM UTC, 13 min 16 s after block 917,288. 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 3,827 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0556 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1806 BTC for this block.
Block 917,289 is number 10 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 2,006 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,711 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,291 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.