About block 918,278
Bitcoin block 918,278 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM UTC, 5 min 45 s after block 918,277. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,339 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 918,278 is number 999 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,017 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,722 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 55,449 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.