About block 918,398
Bitcoin block 918,398 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM UTC, 11 min 42 s after block 918,397. 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 3,620 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 918,398 is number 1,119 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 897 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,602 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 55,351 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.