About block 918,499
Bitcoin block 918,499 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM UTC, 3 min 58 s after block 918,498. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,776 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0396 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1646 BTC for this block.
Block 918,499 is number 1,220 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 796 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,501 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 55,197 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.