About block 917,637
Bitcoin block 917,637 was mined by F2Pool on October 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM UTC, 10 min 21 s after block 917,636. 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 3,944 transactions in 1.62 MB (100.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0372 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1622 BTC for this block.
Block 917,637 is number 358 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,658 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,363 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,952 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.