About block 917,869
Bitcoin block 917,869 was mined by SpiderPool on October 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM UTC, 4 min 26 s after block 917,868. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,142 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 917,869 is number 590 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,426 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,131 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. SpiderPool found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,698 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.