About block 899,269
Bitcoin block 899,269 was mined by AntPool on May 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM UTC, 12 min 40 s after block 899,268. 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 2,402 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 899,269 is number 134 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,882 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,731 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. AntPool found 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,762 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.