About block 917,866
Bitcoin block 917,866 was mined by AntPool on October 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM UTC, 4 min 15 s after block 917,865. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,060 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0071 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1321 BTC for this block.
Block 917,866 is number 587 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,429 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,134 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,701 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.