About block 918,234
Bitcoin block 918,234 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM UTC, 13 min 42 s after block 918,233. 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 2,685 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 918,234 is number 955 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,061 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,766 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,475 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.