About block 917,308
Bitcoin block 917,308 was mined by ViaBTC on October 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM UTC, 26 min 1 s after block 917,307. 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 3,169 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% 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 0.0408 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1658 BTC for this block.
Block 917,308 is number 29 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,987 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,692 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 56,270 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.