About block 917,403
Bitcoin block 917,403 was mined by OCEAN on October 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM UTC, 9 min 59 s after block 917,402. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,006 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0605 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1855 BTC for this block.
Block 917,403 is number 124 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,892 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,597 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. OCEAN found 31 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,130 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.