About block 917,727
Bitcoin block 917,727 was mined by SpiderPool on October 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM UTC, 1 min 27 s after block 917,726. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,016 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0038 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1288 BTC for this block.
Block 917,727 is number 448 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,568 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,273 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,833 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.