About block 917,334
Bitcoin block 917,334 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM UTC, 3 min 29 s after block 917,333. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,837 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 917,334 is number 55 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,961 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,666 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 56,237 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.