About block 918,661
Bitcoin block 918,661 was mined by Mining Squared on October 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM UTC, 1 min 25 s after block 918,660. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,019 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0068 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1318 BTC for this block.
Block 918,661 is number 1,382 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 634 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,339 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,979 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.