About block 917,724
Bitcoin block 917,724 was mined by Foundry USA on October 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM UTC, 20 min 6 s after block 917,723. 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 3,234 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0384 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1634 BTC for this block.
Block 917,724 is number 445 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,571 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,276 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. Foundry USA found 265 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,836 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.