About block 917,991
Bitcoin block 917,991 was mined by BTC.com on October 7, 2025 at 4:34 AM UTC, 14 min 1 s after block 917,990. 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 3,871 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0277 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1527 BTC for this block.
Block 917,991 is number 712 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,304 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 132,009 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. BTC.com found 12 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,615 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.