About block 917,969
Bitcoin block 917,969 was mined by SpiderPool on October 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM UTC, 54 seconds after block 917,968. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,126 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0048 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1298 BTC for this block.
Block 917,969 is number 690 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,326 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,031 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,631 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.