About block 918,248
Bitcoin block 918,248 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM UTC, 6 min 15 s after block 918,247. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,922 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0344 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1594 BTC for this block.
Block 918,248 is number 969 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,047 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,752 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,469 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.