About block 918,117
Bitcoin block 918,117 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM UTC, 7 min 55 s after block 918,116. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,520 transactions in 0.85 MB (61.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 918,117 is number 838 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,178 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,883 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 84 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,546 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.