About block 917,519
Bitcoin block 917,519 was mined by Mining Squared on October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM UTC, 2 min 29 s after block 917,518. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,033 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0317 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1567 BTC for this block.
Block 917,519 is number 240 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,776 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,481 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,056 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.