About block 917,883
Bitcoin block 917,883 was mined by Mining Squared on October 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM UTC, 13 min 33 s after block 917,882. 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 2,952 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0251 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1501 BTC for this block.
Block 917,883 is number 604 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,412 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,117 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,688 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.