About block 917,422
Bitcoin block 917,422 was mined by RedRock Pool on October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM UTC, 5 min 22 s after block 917,421. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,297 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, RedRock Pool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 917,422 is number 143 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,873 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,578 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. RedRock Pool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,094 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.