About block 917,816
Bitcoin block 917,816 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM UTC, 30 seconds after block 917,815. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,127 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0026 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1276 BTC for this block.
Block 917,816 is number 537 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,479 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,184 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,719 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.