About block 917,654
Bitcoin block 917,654 was mined by SpiderPool on October 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM UTC, 5 min 41 s after block 917,653. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,885 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0331 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1581 BTC for this block.
Block 917,654 is number 375 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,641 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,346 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,926 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.