About block 899,242
Bitcoin block 899,242 was mined by ViaBTC on May 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM UTC, 25 seconds after block 899,241. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 121 transactions in 0.05 MB (2.9% 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 0.0009 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1259 BTC for this block.
Block 899,242 is number 107 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,909 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,758 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. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,789 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.