About block 917,514
Bitcoin block 917,514 was mined by OCEAN on October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM UTC, 10 min 33 s after block 917,513. 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 3,637 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.2522 BTC for this block.
Block 917,514 is number 235 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,781 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,486 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. OCEAN found 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,057 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.