About block 917,312
Bitcoin block 917,312 was mined by OCEAN on October 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 917,311. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 687 transactions in 0.34 MB (23.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 917,312 is number 33 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,983 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,688 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,266 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.