About block 917,301
Bitcoin block 917,301 was mined by GDPool on October 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM UTC, 1 min 37 s after block 917,300. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,856 transactions in 1.61 MB (93.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, GDPool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 917,301 is number 22 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,699 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. GDPool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,277 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.