About block 899,256
Bitcoin block 899,256 was mined by AntPool on May 31, 2025 at 5:23 PM UTC, 5 min 26 s after block 899,255. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,095 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 899,256 is number 121 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,895 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,744 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. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,775 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.