About block 917,880
Bitcoin block 917,880 was mined by Mining Squared on October 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM UTC, 36 min 45 s after block 917,879. 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 3,267 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0436 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1686 BTC for this block.
Block 917,880 is number 601 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,415 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,120 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,691 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.