About block 899,268
Bitcoin block 899,268 was mined by AntPool on May 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM UTC, 14 min 6 s after block 899,267. 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 2,495 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0367 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1617 BTC for this block.
Block 899,268 is number 133 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,883 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,732 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 76,763 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.