About block 918,494
Bitcoin block 918,494 was mined by ViaBTC on October 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM UTC, 17 min 10 s after block 918,493. 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 3,486 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 7.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0863 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2113 BTC for this block.
Block 918,494 is number 1,215 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 801 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,506 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 55,209 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.