About block 918,255
Bitcoin block 918,255 was mined by ViaBTC on October 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM UTC, 17 min 51 s after block 918,254. 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 2,531 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0309 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1559 BTC for this block.
Block 918,255 is number 976 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 1,040 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,745 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,462 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.