About block 918,609
Bitcoin block 918,609 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM UTC, 13 seconds after block 918,608. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 40 transactions in 0.02 MB (1.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0007 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1257 BTC for this block.
Block 918,609 is number 1,330 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 686 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,391 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,048 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.