About block 918,597
Bitcoin block 918,597 was mined by Foundry USA on October 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM UTC, 20 min 41 s after block 918,596. 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 3,764 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0342 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1592 BTC for this block.
Block 918,597 is number 1,318 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 698 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,403 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 269 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,066 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.