About block 917,593
Bitcoin block 917,593 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM UTC, 6 min 20 s after block 917,592. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,113 transactions in 0.53 MB (30.4% 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 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 917,593 is number 314 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,702 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,407 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. ViaBTC found 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,007 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.