About block 917,535
Bitcoin block 917,535 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM UTC, 3 min 36 s after block 917,534. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,324 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0544 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1794 BTC for this block.
Block 917,535 is number 256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,465 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,043 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.