About block 917,661
Bitcoin block 917,661 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM UTC, 12 min 7 s after block 917,660. 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 2,692 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0285 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1535 BTC for this block.
Block 917,661 is number 382 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,634 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,339 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 55,917 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.