About block 917,573
Bitcoin block 917,573 was mined by Foundry USA on October 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM UTC, 15 min 9 s after block 917,572. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,647 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0367 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1617 BTC for this block.
Block 917,573 is number 294 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,722 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,427 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. Foundry USA found 267 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,016 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.