About block 917,460
Bitcoin block 917,460 was mined by SpiderPool on October 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM UTC, 17 min 44 s after block 917,459. 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 2,936 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 917,460 is number 181 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,835 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,540 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,088 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.