About block 917,789
Bitcoin block 917,789 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 917,788. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,425 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 917,789 is number 510 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,506 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,211 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,737 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.