About block 917,323
Bitcoin block 917,323 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM UTC, 12 min 24 s after block 917,322. 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 4,060 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0224 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1474 BTC for this block.
Block 917,323 is number 44 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,972 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,677 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 56,252 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.