About block 918,596
Bitcoin block 918,596 was mined by AntPool on October 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM UTC, 3 min 30 s after block 918,595. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,482 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0110 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1360 BTC for this block.
Block 918,596 is number 1,317 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 699 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,404 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,067 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.