About block 917,549
Bitcoin block 917,549 was mined by OCEAN on October 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM UTC, 2 min 50 s after block 917,548. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,316 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0345 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1595 BTC for this block.
Block 917,549 is number 270 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,746 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,451 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. OCEAN found 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,029 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.