About block 899,236
Bitcoin block 899,236 was mined by SECPOOL on May 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM UTC, 2 min 53 s after block 899,235. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 759 transactions in 0.33 MB (20.8% 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 0.0059 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1309 BTC for this block.
Block 899,236 is number 101 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,915 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,764 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. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,796 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.