About block 917,458
Bitcoin block 917,458 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM UTC, 12 min 36 s after block 917,457. 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 1,842 transactions in 1.38 MB (99.9% 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 0.0294 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1544 BTC for this block.
Block 917,458 is number 179 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,837 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,542 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,081 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.