About block 918,686
Bitcoin block 918,686 was mined by ViaBTC on October 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM UTC, 14 min 45 s after block 918,685. 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 2,032 transactions in 0.95 MB (57.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 918,686 is number 1,407 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 455; 609 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 919,295. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 131,314 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 82 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54,938 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.