About block 918,749
Bitcoin block 918,749 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM UTC, 10 min 54 s after block 918,748. 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 4,081 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 918,749 is number 1,470 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 546 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,251 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 54,851 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.