About block 917,817
Bitcoin block 917,817 was mined by AntPool on October 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM UTC, 24 min 42 s after block 917,816. 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 3,403 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0378 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1628 BTC for this block.
Block 917,817 is number 538 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,478 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,183 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 55,718 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.