About block 917,568
Bitcoin block 917,568 was mined by AntPool on October 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM UTC, 5 min 38 s after block 917,567. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,139 transactions in 1.29 MB (99.8% 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 0.0303 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1553 BTC for this block.
Block 917,568 is number 289 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,727 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,432 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,021 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.