About block 918,196
Bitcoin block 918,196 was mined by SECPOOL on October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM UTC, 31 min 24 s after block 918,195. 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 4,217 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0521 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1771 BTC for this block.
Block 918,196 is number 917 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,099 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,804 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,496 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.