About block 917,978
Bitcoin block 917,978 was mined by ViaBTC on October 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM UTC, 14 min 39 s after block 917,977. 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 2,037 transactions in 1.39 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0353 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1603 BTC for this block.
Block 917,978 is number 699 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,317 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,022 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 55,624 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.