About block 917,571
Bitcoin block 917,571 was mined by Foundry USA on October 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM UTC, 9 min 40 s after block 917,570. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,367 transactions in 1.77 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, Foundry USA earned 3.1553 BTC for this block.
Block 917,571 is number 292 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,724 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,429 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. Foundry USA found 267 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,018 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.