About block 917,973
Bitcoin block 917,973 was mined by ViaBTC on October 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM UTC, 14 min 38 s after block 917,972. 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 2,459 transactions in 1.38 MB (83.5% 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 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 917,973 is number 694 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,322 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,027 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. ViaBTC found 81 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,629 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.