About block 917,440
Bitcoin block 917,440 was mined by SpiderPool on October 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM UTC, 10 min 13 s after block 917,439. 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 2,538 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 917,440 is number 161 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,855 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,560 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,093 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.