About block 917,496
Bitcoin block 917,496 was mined by SECPOOL on October 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM UTC, 10 min 34 s after block 917,495. 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 2,859 transactions in 1.48 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 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 917,496 is number 217 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,799 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,504 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,071 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.