About block 917,520
Bitcoin block 917,520 was mined by SpiderPool on October 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM UTC, 41 min 22 s after block 917,519. 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 3,695 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0853 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.2103 BTC for this block.
Block 917,520 is number 241 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,775 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,480 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 56,055 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.