About block 899,244
Bitcoin block 899,244 was mined by SpiderPool on May 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM UTC, 18 min 52 s after block 899,243. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,198 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0411 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1661 BTC for this block.
Block 899,244 is number 109 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,907 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,756 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. SpiderPool found 74 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,787 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.