About block 917,887
Bitcoin block 917,887 was mined by AntPool on October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM UTC, 53 min 15 s after block 917,886. 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 4,294 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0691 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1941 BTC for this block.
Block 917,887 is number 608 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,408 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,113 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,688 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.