About block 918,436
Bitcoin block 918,436 was mined by WhitePool on October 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM UTC, 11 min 25 s after block 918,435. 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 4,231 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 918,436 is number 1,157 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 859 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,564 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,291 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.