About block 899,261
Bitcoin block 899,261 was mined by SpiderPool on May 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM UTC, 1 min 42 s after block 899,260. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 904 transactions in 0.53 MB (32.2% 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 0.0063 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1313 BTC for this block.
Block 899,261 is number 126 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,890 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,739 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 76,770 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.