About block 917,894
Bitcoin block 917,894 was mined by AntPool on October 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM UTC, 29 min 50 s after block 917,893. 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 3,763 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% 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 0.0455 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1705 BTC for this block.
Block 917,894 is number 615 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,401 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,106 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 55,681 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.