About block 917,572
Bitcoin block 917,572 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM UTC, 4 min 43 s after block 917,571. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,265 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 917,572 is number 293 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,723 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,428 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. ViaBTC found 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,017 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.