About block 899,231
Bitcoin block 899,231 was mined by AntPool on May 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM UTC, 9 min 13 s after block 899,230. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,252 transactions in 1.40 MB (86.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 899,231 is number 96 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,920 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,769 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,801 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.