About block 917,552
Bitcoin block 917,552 was mined by SpiderPool on October 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM UTC, 52 seconds after block 917,551. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,110 transactions in 1.98 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0279 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1529 BTC for this block.
Block 917,552 is number 273 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,743 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,448 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. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,026 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.