About block 918,697
Bitcoin block 918,697 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM UTC, 9 min 37 s after block 918,696. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,846 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0130 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1380 BTC for this block.
Block 918,697 is number 1,418 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 598 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,303 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 54,927 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.