About block 917,617
Bitcoin block 917,617 was mined by SECPOOL on October 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM UTC, 3 min 18 s after block 917,616. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,618 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0250 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1500 BTC for this block.
Block 917,617 is number 338 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,678 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,383 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 55,983 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.