About block 917,434
Bitcoin block 917,434 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM UTC, 11 min 5 s after block 917,433. 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 3,095 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 917,434 is number 155 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,861 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,566 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Braiins Pool found 20 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,092 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.