About block 917,430
Bitcoin block 917,430 was mined by AntPool on October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM UTC, 49 min 37 s after block 917,429. 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 3,584 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0876 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2126 BTC for this block.
Block 917,430 is number 151 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,865 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,570 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. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,096 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.