About block 917,781
Bitcoin block 917,781 was mined by ViaBTC on October 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM UTC, 10 min 10 s after block 917,780. 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 2,563 transactions in 1.15 MB (74.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 917,781 is number 502 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,514 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,219 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. ViaBTC found 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,745 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.