About block 917,633
Bitcoin block 917,633 was mined by AntPool on October 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM UTC, 3 min 49 s after block 917,632. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,838 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0134 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1384 BTC for this block.
Block 917,633 is number 354 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,662 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,367 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,962 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.