About block 918,246
Bitcoin block 918,246 was mined by ViaBTC on October 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM UTC, 67 min 36 s after block 918,245. 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 3,473 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0838 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2088 BTC for this block.
Block 918,246 is number 967 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,049 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,754 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 55,471 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.