About block 917,457
Bitcoin block 917,457 was mined by F2Pool on October 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM UTC, 25 min 31 s after block 917,456. 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 2,747 transactions in 1.64 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0404 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1654 BTC for this block.
Block 917,457 is number 178 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,838 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,543 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. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,081 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.