About block 918,171
Bitcoin block 918,171 was mined by SpiderPool on October 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM UTC, 21 min 34 s after block 918,170. 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 2,646 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0397 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1647 BTC for this block.
Block 918,171 is number 892 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,124 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,829 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,512 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.