About block 918,223
Bitcoin block 918,223 was mined by AntPool on October 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM UTC, 14 min 1 s after block 918,222. 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 3,046 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0297 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1547 BTC for this block.
Block 918,223 is number 944 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,072 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,777 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 55,480 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.