About block 917,653
Bitcoin block 917,653 was mined by Luxor on October 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM UTC, 9 min 47 s after block 917,652. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,861 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0431 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1681 BTC for this block.
Block 917,653 is number 374 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,642 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,347 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. Luxor found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,927 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.