About block 917,708
Bitcoin block 917,708 was mined by SECPOOL on October 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM UTC, 12 min 32 s after block 917,707. 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 3,372 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 917,708 is number 429 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,587 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,292 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,859 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.