About block 918,042
Bitcoin block 918,042 was mined by AntPool on October 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM UTC, 16 min 53 s after block 918,041. 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 3,865 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0417 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1667 BTC for this block.
Block 918,042 is number 763 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,253 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,958 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,593 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.