About block 917,536
Bitcoin block 917,536 was mined by AntPool on October 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM UTC, 12 min 53 s after block 917,535. 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 3,918 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0771 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2021 BTC for this block.
Block 917,536 is number 257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,464 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,042 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.