About block 917,878
Bitcoin block 917,878 was mined by ViaBTC on October 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM UTC, 3 min 14 s after block 917,877. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 538 transactions in 0.22 MB (14.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0036 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1286 BTC for this block.
Block 917,878 is number 599 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,417 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,122 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 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,693 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.