About block 918,455
Bitcoin block 918,455 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM UTC, 12 min 34 s after block 918,454. 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 3,521 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0362 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1612 BTC for this block.
Block 918,455 is number 1,176 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 840 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,545 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 55,270 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.