About block 918,048
Bitcoin block 918,048 was mined by ViaBTC on October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM UTC, 29 min 7 s after block 918,047. 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 3,997 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0784 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2034 BTC for this block.
Block 918,048 is number 769 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,247 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,952 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. ViaBTC found 83 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,587 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.