About block 918,198
Bitcoin block 918,198 was mined by SpiderPool on October 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM UTC, 50 seconds after block 918,197. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,259 transactions in 1.78 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 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 918,198 is number 919 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,097 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,802 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. SpiderPool found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,495 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.