About block 899,239
Bitcoin block 899,239 was mined by ViaBTC on May 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM UTC, 1 min 30 s after block 899,238. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,655 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0270 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1520 BTC for this block.
Block 899,239 is number 104 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,912 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,761 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 76,792 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.