About block 918,502
Bitcoin block 918,502 was mined by AntPool on October 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM UTC, 13 min 9 s after block 918,501. 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 2,907 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0517 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1767 BTC for this block.
Block 918,502 is number 1,223 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 793 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,498 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 55,194 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.