About block 917,477
Bitcoin block 917,477 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM UTC, 6 min 48 s after block 917,476. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,873 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0149 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1399 BTC for this block.
Block 917,477 is number 198 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,818 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,523 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,078 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.