About block 917,896
Bitcoin block 917,896 was mined by Mining Squared on October 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM UTC, 8 min 11 s after block 917,895. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,318 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 917,896 is number 617 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,399 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,104 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 55,679 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.