About block 918,962
Bitcoin block 918,962 was mined by SpiderPool on October 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM UTC, 11 min 31 s after block 918,961. 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 3,175 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 918,962 is number 1,683 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 333 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,038 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 54,577 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.