About block 917,749
Bitcoin block 917,749 was mined by MARA Pool on October 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM UTC, 21 min 49 s after block 917,748. 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 3,265 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 917,749 is number 470 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,546 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,251 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. MARA Pool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,794 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.