About block 918,696
Bitcoin block 918,696 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM UTC, 17 seconds after block 918,695. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,493 transactions in 1.96 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0026 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1276 BTC for this block.
Block 918,696 is number 1,417 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 599 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,304 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,928 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.