About block 917,984
Bitcoin block 917,984 was mined by ViaBTC on October 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM UTC, 15 min 3 s after block 917,983. 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 2,322 transactions in 1.40 MB (87.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0392 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1642 BTC for this block.
Block 917,984 is number 705 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,311 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,016 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 55,622 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.