About block 917,294
Bitcoin block 917,294 was mined by ViaBTC on October 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM UTC, 4 min 23 s after block 917,293. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,395 transactions in 1.38 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0256 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1506 BTC for this block.
Block 917,294 is number 15 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 2,001 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,706 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,284 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.