About block 918,488
Bitcoin block 918,488 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM UTC, 43 min 55 s after block 918,487. 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 3,233 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 11.00 sat/vB, up from 8.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1652 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2902 BTC for this block.
Block 918,488 is number 1,209 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 807 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,512 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 55,215 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.