About block 917,442
Bitcoin block 917,442 was mined by ViaBTC on October 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM UTC, 3 min 12 s after block 917,441. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,632 transactions in 1.37 MB (73.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 917,442 is number 163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,558 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. ViaBTC found 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,091 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.