About block 918,972
Bitcoin block 918,972 was mined by SECPOOL on October 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM UTC, 3 min 10 s after block 918,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,985 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 918,972 is number 1,693 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 323 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,028 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,576 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.