About block 918,504
Bitcoin block 918,504 was mined by AntPool on October 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM UTC, 14 min 14 s after block 918,503. 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 3,492 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0575 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1825 BTC for this block.
Block 918,504 is number 1,225 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 791 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,496 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 55,192 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.