About block 918,098
Bitcoin block 918,098 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM UTC, 35 min 55 s after block 918,097. 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 3,729 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0431 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1681 BTC for this block.
Block 918,098 is number 819 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,197 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,902 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,558 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.