About block 917,597
Bitcoin block 917,597 was mined by SBI Crypto on October 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM UTC, 17 min 57 s after block 917,596. 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 2,901 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0572 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SBI Crypto earned 3.1822 BTC for this block.
Block 917,597 is number 318 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,698 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,403 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. SBI Crypto found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,003 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.