About block 918,636
Bitcoin block 918,636 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM UTC, 12 seconds after block 918,635. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 688 transactions in 0.28 MB (18.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 918,636 is number 1,357 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 659 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,364 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 85 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55,017 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.