About block 917,874
Bitcoin block 917,874 was mined by SpiderPool on October 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM UTC, 17 min 54 s after block 917,873. 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 3,710 transactions in 1.92 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 917,874 is number 595 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,421 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,126 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,697 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.