About block 917,837
Bitcoin block 917,837 was mined by OCEAN on October 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM UTC, 14 min 12 s after block 917,836. 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 2,112 transactions in 1.22 MB (74.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 917,837 is number 558 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,458 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,163 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. OCEAN found 32 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,706 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.