About block 918,500
Bitcoin block 918,500 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM UTC, 9 min 8 s after block 918,499. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,089 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0430 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1680 BTC for this block.
Block 918,500 is number 1,221 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 795 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,500 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 55,196 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.