About block 918,173
Bitcoin block 918,173 was mined by AntPool on October 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM UTC, 2 min 44 s after block 918,172. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,733 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 918,173 is number 894 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,122 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,827 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 55,510 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.