About block 917,607
Bitcoin block 917,607 was mined by SpiderPool on October 4, 2025 at 9:46 AM UTC, 8 min 44 s after block 917,606. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,550 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% 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 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 917,607 is number 328 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,688 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,393 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,995 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.