About block 918,001
Bitcoin block 918,001 was mined by AntPool on October 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM UTC, 17 min 46 s after block 918,000. 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 3,281 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0397 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1647 BTC for this block.
Block 918,001 is number 722 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,294 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,999 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. AntPool found 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.