About block 918,968
Bitcoin block 918,968 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM UTC, 4 min 19 s after block 918,967. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 980 transactions in 1.90 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 918,968 is number 1,689 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 327 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,032 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 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,580 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.