About block 918,178
Bitcoin block 918,178 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM UTC, 15 min 41 s after block 918,177. 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 3,753 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0303 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1553 BTC for this block.
Block 918,178 is number 899 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,117 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,822 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,509 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.