About block 918,978
Bitcoin block 918,978 was mined by SpiderPool on October 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM UTC, 7 min 37 s after block 918,977. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,912 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 918,978 is number 1,699 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 317 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,022 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,577 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.