About block 917,659
Bitcoin block 917,659 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM UTC, 8 min 28 s after block 917,658. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,968 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 917,659 is number 380 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,636 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,341 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,919 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.