About block 918,974
Bitcoin block 918,974 was mined by MARA Pool on October 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM UTC, 12 min 36 s after block 918,973. 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 1,718 transactions in 0.87 MB (57.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0154 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1404 BTC for this block.
Block 918,974 is number 1,695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,026 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. MARA Pool found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,574 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.