About block 918,444
Bitcoin block 918,444 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM UTC, 7 min 21 s after block 918,443. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,619 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 918,444 is number 1,165 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 851 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,556 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 55,283 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.