About block 918,497
Bitcoin block 918,497 was mined by AntPool on October 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM UTC, 2 min 54 s after block 918,496. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,583 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 7.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0449 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1699 BTC for this block.
Block 918,497 is number 1,218 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 798 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,503 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 55,199 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.