About block 917,322
Bitcoin block 917,322 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM UTC, 20 min 8 s after block 917,321. 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 3,239 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0302 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1552 BTC for this block.
Block 917,322 is number 43 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,678 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 56,253 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.