About block 917,742
Bitcoin block 917,742 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM UTC, 34 seconds after block 917,741. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,426 transactions in 1.96 MB (99.8% 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 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 917,742 is number 463 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,553 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,258 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,809 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.