About block 918,357
Bitcoin block 918,357 was mined by ViaBTC on October 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM UTC, 15 min 52 s after block 918,356. 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 3,544 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0611 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1861 BTC for this block.
Block 918,357 is number 1,078 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 938 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,643 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 86 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,402 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.