About block 917,615
Bitcoin block 917,615 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on October 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM UTC, 53 min 11 s after block 917,614. 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 4,626 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0767 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.2017 BTC for this block.
Block 917,615 is number 336 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,680 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,385 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,985 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.