About block 917,870
Bitcoin block 917,870 was mined by ViaBTC on October 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM UTC, 3 min 5 s after block 917,869. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 481 transactions in 0.19 MB (11.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0028 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1278 BTC for this block.
Block 917,870 is number 591 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,425 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,130 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 55,697 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.