About block 917,891
Bitcoin block 917,891 was mined by WhitePool on October 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM UTC, 6 min 23 s after block 917,890. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,222 transactions in 1.48 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 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 917,891 is number 612 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,404 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,109 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,684 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.