About block 918,277
Bitcoin block 918,277 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM UTC, 6 min 2 s after block 918,276. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,949 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 918,277 is number 998 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,018 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,723 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 206 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,450 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.