About block 918,257
Bitcoin block 918,257 was mined by SECPOOL on October 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM UTC, 6 min 5 s after block 918,256. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,092 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 918,257 is number 978 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,038 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,743 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 55,460 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.