About block 917,297
Bitcoin block 917,297 was mined by Luxor on October 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM UTC, 7 min 29 s after block 917,296. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,994 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 917,297 is number 18 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,998 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,703 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. Luxor found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,281 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.