About block 918,043
Bitcoin block 918,043 was mined by AntPool on October 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM UTC, 6 min 12 s after block 918,042. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,771 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 918,043 is number 764 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,252 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,957 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 55,592 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.