About block 917,987
Bitcoin block 917,987 was mined by Unknown on October 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM UTC, 11 min 8 s after block 917,986. 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 3,257 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0279 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1529 BTC for this block.
Block 917,987 is number 708 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,308 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,013 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 55,619 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.