About block 917,730
Bitcoin block 917,730 was mined by ViaBTC on October 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM UTC, 10 min 41 s after block 917,729. 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 3,397 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 917,730 is number 451 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,565 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,270 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,830 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.