About block 918,353
Bitcoin block 918,353 was mined by AntPool on October 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM UTC, 31 min 23 s after block 918,352. 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 4,281 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0653 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1903 BTC for this block.
Block 918,353 is number 1,074 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 942 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,647 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,402 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.