About block 918,230
Bitcoin block 918,230 was mined by WhitePool on October 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM UTC, 12 min 8 s after block 918,229. 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 3,003 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0390 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1640 BTC for this block.
Block 918,230 is number 951 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,065 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,770 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,473 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.