About block 917,796
Bitcoin block 917,796 was mined by MARA Pool on October 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM UTC, 11 min 24 s after block 917,795. 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 3,032 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0261 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1511 BTC for this block.
Block 917,796 is number 517 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,499 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,204 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 55,730 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.