About block 917,703
Bitcoin block 917,703 was mined by ViaBTC on October 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM UTC, 16 seconds after block 917,702. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 72 transactions in 0.04 MB (2.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0004 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1254 BTC for this block.
Block 917,703 is number 424 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,592 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,297 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 55,868 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.