About block 918,018
Bitcoin block 918,018 was mined by ViaBTC on October 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM UTC, 6 min 21 s after block 918,017. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,469 transactions in 0.65 MB (41.1% 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 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 918,018 is number 739 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,277 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,982 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. ViaBTC found 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,606 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.