About block 917,772
Bitcoin block 917,772 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM UTC, 15 min 34 s after block 917,771. 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 3,165 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 917,772 is number 493 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,523 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,228 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 55,760 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.