About block 917,715
Bitcoin block 917,715 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM UTC, 12 min 10 s after block 917,714. 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 2,667 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% 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 0.0268 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1518 BTC for this block.
Block 917,715 is number 436 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,580 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,285 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,856 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.