About block 917,845
Bitcoin block 917,845 was mined by ViaBTC on October 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM UTC, 35 min 45 s after block 917,844. 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 3,321 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0353 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1603 BTC for this block.
Block 917,845 is number 566 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,450 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,155 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. ViaBTC found 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,706 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.