About block 917,951
Bitcoin block 917,951 was mined by SpiderPool on October 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM UTC, 1 min 33 s after block 917,950. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,265 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, down from 8.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0664 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1914 BTC for this block.
Block 917,951 is number 672 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,344 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,049 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. SpiderPool found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,644 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.