About block 899,247
Bitcoin block 899,247 was mined by SpiderPool on May 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM UTC, 2 min 15 s after block 899,246. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 753 transactions in 0.31 MB (18.6% 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 0.0044 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1294 BTC for this block.
Block 899,247 is number 112 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,904 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,753 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 76,784 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.