About block 917,844
Bitcoin block 917,844 was mined by ViaBTC on October 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM UTC, 30 seconds after block 917,843. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 76 transactions in 0.04 MB (2.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0006 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1256 BTC for this block.
Block 917,844 is number 565 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,451 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,156 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,707 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.