About block 917,975
Bitcoin block 917,975 was mined by Unknown on October 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM UTC, 17 min 20 s after block 917,974. 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 2,641 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0365 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1615 BTC for this block.
Block 917,975 is number 696 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,320 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,025 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. Unknown found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,627 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.