About block 918,296
Bitcoin block 918,296 was mined by ViaBTC on October 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM UTC, 12 min 43 s after block 918,295. 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 3,328 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 918,296 is number 1,017 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 999 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,704 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 87 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,437 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.