About block 917,948
Bitcoin block 917,948 was mined by SECPOOL on October 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM UTC, 18 min 30 s after block 917,947. 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 4,174 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 11.00 sat/vB, down from 12.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.2492 BTC for this block.
Block 917,948 is number 669 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,347 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,052 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,647 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.