About block 899,230
Bitcoin block 899,230 was mined by ViaBTC on May 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM UTC, 2 min 10 s after block 899,229. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,355 transactions in 0.71 MB (40.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0070 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1320 BTC for this block.
Block 899,230 is number 95 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,921 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,770 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,802 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.