About block 899,234
Bitcoin block 899,234 was mined by AntPool on May 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM UTC, 17 seconds after block 899,233. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 57 transactions in 0.07 MB (4.1% 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 0.0006 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1256 BTC for this block.
Block 899,234 is number 99 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,917 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,766 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,798 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.