About block 917,618
Bitcoin block 917,618 was mined by Foundry USA on October 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM UTC, 21 min 31 s after block 917,617. 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 3,877 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0472 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1722 BTC for this block.
Block 917,618 is number 339 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,677 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,382 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. Foundry USA found 267 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,982 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.