About block 918,227
Bitcoin block 918,227 was mined by SECPOOL on October 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM UTC, 25 min 23 s after block 918,226. 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 3,371 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0646 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1896 BTC for this block.
Block 918,227 is number 948 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,068 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,773 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,476 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.