About block 917,603
Bitcoin block 917,603 was mined by SECPOOL on October 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM UTC, 21 min 33 s after block 917,602. 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 3,555 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0388 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1638 BTC for this block.
Block 917,603 is number 324 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,692 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,397 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,999 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.