About block 917,540
Bitcoin block 917,540 was mined by F2Pool on October 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM UTC, 47 min 42 s after block 917,539. 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 3,199 transactions in 1.54 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 12.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1457 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.2707 BTC for this block.
Block 917,540 is number 261 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,755 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,460 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. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,038 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.