About block 917,624
Bitcoin block 917,624 was mined by SpiderPool on October 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM UTC, 25 min 22 s after block 917,623. 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 3,998 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0534 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1784 BTC for this block.
Block 917,624 is number 345 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,671 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,376 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 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,971 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.