About block 917,342
Bitcoin block 917,342 was mined by F2Pool on October 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM UTC, 16 min 56 s after block 917,341. 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 3,764 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0412 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1662 BTC for this block.
Block 917,342 is number 63 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,953 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,658 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. F2Pool found 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,225 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.