About block 917,423
Bitcoin block 917,423 was mined by MARA Pool on October 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM UTC, 22 min 50 s after block 917,422. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,486 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0606 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1856 BTC for this block.
Block 917,423 is number 144 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,872 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,577 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. MARA Pool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,103 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.