About block 918,244
Bitcoin block 918,244 was mined by AntPool on October 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM UTC, 4 min 8 s after block 918,243. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,499 transactions in 1.82 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 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 918,244 is number 965 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,051 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,756 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 55,465 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.