About block 917,620
Bitcoin block 917,620 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM UTC, 3 min 35 s after block 917,619. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,040 transactions in 1.70 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 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 917,620 is number 341 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,675 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,380 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. Braiins Pool found 22 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,980 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.