About block 917,506
Bitcoin block 917,506 was mined by SpiderPool on October 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM UTC, 18 min 20 s after block 917,505. 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 3,490 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0401 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1651 BTC for this block.
Block 917,506 is number 227 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,789 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,494 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,061 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.