About block 918,896
Bitcoin block 918,896 was mined by SpiderPool on October 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM UTC, 26 min 0 s after block 918,895. 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 3,932 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0594 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1844 BTC for this block.
Block 918,896 is number 1,617 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 399 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,104 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,643 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.