About block 917,349
Bitcoin block 917,349 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM UTC, 3 min 33 s after block 917,348. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,490 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 917,349 is number 70 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,946 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,651 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 56,218 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.