About block 917,838
Bitcoin block 917,838 was mined by AntPool on October 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM UTC, 2 min 34 s after block 917,837. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,222 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0056 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1306 BTC for this block.
Block 917,838 is number 559 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,457 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,162 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,713 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.