About block 918,168
Bitcoin block 918,168 was mined by AntPool on October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM UTC, 26 seconds after block 918,167. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,564 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0034 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1284 BTC for this block.
Block 918,168 is number 889 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,127 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,832 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 55,515 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.