About block 917,691
Bitcoin block 917,691 was mined by OCEAN on October 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM UTC, 27 min 58 s after block 917,690. 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 3,177 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0353 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1603 BTC for this block.
Block 917,691 is number 412 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,604 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,309 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. OCEAN found 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,884 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.