About block 918,657
Bitcoin block 918,657 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM UTC, 2 min 30 s after block 918,656. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,506 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 918,657 is number 1,378 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 638 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,343 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. Braiins Pool found 20 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,983 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.