About block 917,463
Bitcoin block 917,463 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM UTC, 8 min 40 s after block 917,462. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,644 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% 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 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 917,463 is number 184 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,832 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,537 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,085 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.