About block 918,748
Bitcoin block 918,748 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM UTC, 12 min 17 s after block 918,747. 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 2,546 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 918,748 is number 1,469 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 547 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,252 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,852 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.