About block 917,345
Bitcoin block 917,345 was mined by ViaBTC on October 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM UTC, 3 min 2 s after block 917,344. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,748 transactions in 1.57 MB (96.5% 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 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 917,345 is number 66 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,950 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,655 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,222 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.