About block 918,038
Bitcoin block 918,038 was mined by AntPool on October 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM UTC, 9 min 53 s after block 918,037. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,846 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0271 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1521 BTC for this block.
Block 918,038 is number 759 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,257 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,962 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,593 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.