About block 918,158
Bitcoin block 918,158 was mined by AntPool on October 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM UTC, 2 min 25 s after block 918,157. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,610 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0077 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1327 BTC for this block.
Block 918,158 is number 879 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,137 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,842 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,521 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.