About block 917,329
Bitcoin block 917,329 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM UTC, 17 min 14 s after block 917,328. 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 2,650 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 917,329 is number 50 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,966 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,671 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,242 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.