About block 917,677
Bitcoin block 917,677 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM UTC, 9 min 29 s after block 917,676. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,703 transactions in 0.94 MB (57.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 917,677 is number 398 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,618 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,323 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,900 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.