About block 918,699
Bitcoin block 918,699 was mined by Foundry USA on October 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM UTC, 20 min 42 s after block 918,698. 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 3,894 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 918,699 is number 1,420 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 596 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,301 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 268 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,917 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.