About block 917,693
Bitcoin block 917,693 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on October 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM UTC, 3 min 23 s after block 917,692. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,866 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 917,693 is number 414 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,602 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,307 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,882 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.