About block 917,722
Bitcoin block 917,722 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM UTC, 11 min 13 s after block 917,721. 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 4,462 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 917,722 is number 443 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,573 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,278 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. AntPool found 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,838 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.