About block 918,563
Bitcoin block 918,563 was mined by MARA Pool on October 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC, 12 min 3 s after block 918,562. 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 2,663 transactions in 1.33 MB (80.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0258 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1508 BTC for this block.
Block 918,563 is number 1,284 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 732 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,437 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. MARA Pool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,116 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.