About block 917,566
Bitcoin block 917,566 was mined by AntPool on October 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM UTC, 1 min 48 s after block 917,565. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 423 transactions in 1.14 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 917,566 is number 287 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,729 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,434 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 56,014 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.