About block 917,539
Bitcoin block 917,539 was mined by ViaBTC on October 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM UTC, 2 min 56 s after block 917,538. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,499 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 9.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0543 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1793 BTC for this block.
Block 917,539 is number 260 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,756 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,461 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.