About block 917,522
Bitcoin block 917,522 was mined by ViaBTC on October 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM UTC, 8 min 4 s after block 917,521. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,151 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0536 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1786 BTC for this block.
Block 917,522 is number 243 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,773 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,478 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,053 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.