About block 917,970
Bitcoin block 917,970 was mined by SpiderPool on October 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM UTC, 19 min 51 s after block 917,969. 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 2,958 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0489 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1739 BTC for this block.
Block 917,970 is number 691 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,325 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,030 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,632 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.