About block 917,311
Bitcoin block 917,311 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM UTC, 4 min 38 s after block 917,310. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,143 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% 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 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 917,311 is number 32 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,984 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,689 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,267 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.