About block 918,550
Bitcoin block 918,550 was mined by Foundry USA on October 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM UTC, 17 min 42 s after block 918,549. 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 3,168 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0445 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1695 BTC for this block.
Block 918,550 is number 1,271 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 745 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,450 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. Foundry USA found 266 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,133 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.