About block 918,453
Bitcoin block 918,453 was mined by Mining Squared on October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM UTC, 13 min 18 s after block 918,452. 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 3,173 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0306 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1556 BTC for this block.
Block 918,453 is number 1,174 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 842 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,547 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,272 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.