About block 917,966
Bitcoin block 917,966 was mined by AntPool on October 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM UTC, 7 min 54 s after block 917,965. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,442 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0299 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1549 BTC for this block.
Block 917,966 is number 687 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,329 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,034 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,634 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.