About block 917,687
Bitcoin block 917,687 was mined by ViaBTC on October 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM UTC, 14 min 40 s after block 917,686. 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 2,561 transactions in 1.13 MB (68.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 917,687 is number 408 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,608 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,313 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 55,888 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.