About block 917,579
Bitcoin block 917,579 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM UTC, 7 min 59 s after block 917,578. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,194 transactions in 0.97 MB (51.8% 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 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 917,579 is number 300 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,716 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,421 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 56,016 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.