About block 917,570
Bitcoin block 917,570 was mined by SpiderPool on October 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM UTC, 6 min 48 s after block 917,569. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,042 transactions in 1.75 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 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 917,570 is number 291 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,725 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,430 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,019 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.