About block 917,768
Bitcoin block 917,768 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM UTC, 3 min 56 s after block 917,767. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,557 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0086 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1336 BTC for this block.
Block 917,768 is number 489 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,527 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,232 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,768 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.