About block 918,553
Bitcoin block 918,553 was mined by Foundry USA on October 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM UTC, 9 min 47 s after block 918,552. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,423 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0396 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1646 BTC for this block.
Block 918,553 is number 1,274 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 742 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,447 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 55,130 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.