About block 918,515
Bitcoin block 918,515 was mined by AntPool on October 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM UTC, 27 min 51 s after block 918,514. 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 3,534 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0565 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1815 BTC for this block.
Block 918,515 is number 1,236 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 780 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,485 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 55,178 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.