About block 918,251
Bitcoin block 918,251 was mined by SECPOOL on October 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM UTC, 20 min 19 s after block 918,250. 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 2,978 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0322 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1572 BTC for this block.
Block 918,251 is number 972 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,044 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,749 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,466 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.