About block 917,455
Bitcoin block 917,455 was mined by Foundry USA on October 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM UTC, 35 min 21 s after block 917,454. 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 3,469 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0459 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1709 BTC for this block.
Block 917,455 is number 176 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,840 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,545 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. Foundry USA found 263 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,083 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.