About block 917,745
Bitcoin block 917,745 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM UTC, 32 seconds after block 917,744. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,836 transactions in 1.87 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 0.0034 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1284 BTC for this block.
Block 917,745 is number 466 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,550 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,255 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 209 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,798 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.