About block 899,262
Bitcoin block 899,262 was mined by ViaBTC on May 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM UTC, 12 min 2 s after block 899,261. 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 2,477 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 899,262 is number 127 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,889 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,738 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 76,769 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.