About block 917,944
Bitcoin block 917,944 was mined by ViaBTC on October 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM UTC, 19 min 10 s after block 917,943. 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 4,162 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 7.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0888 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2138 BTC for this block.
Block 917,944 is number 665 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,351 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,056 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. ViaBTC found 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,645 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.