About block 918,998
Bitcoin block 918,998 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on October 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM UTC, 2 min 44 s after block 918,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,292 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 918,998 is number 1,719 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 297 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,002 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,564 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.