About block 918,340
Bitcoin block 918,340 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM UTC, 20 min 6 s after block 918,339. 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 3,695 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0447 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1697 BTC for this block.
Block 918,340 is number 1,061 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 955 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,660 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 55,411 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.