About block 917,417
Bitcoin block 917,417 was mined by Foundry USA on October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM UTC, 4 min 5 s after block 917,416. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,747 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 917,417 is number 138 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,878 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,583 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. Foundry USA found 263 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,111 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.