About block 917,424
Bitcoin block 917,424 was mined by SpiderPool on October 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM UTC, 5 min 54 s after block 917,423. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,944 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1522 BTC for this block.
Block 917,424 is number 145 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,871 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,576 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,104 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.