About block 899,271
Bitcoin block 899,271 was mined by ViaBTC on May 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM UTC, 9 min 38 s after block 899,270. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,819 transactions in 1.36 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 899,271 is number 136 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,880 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,729 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. ViaBTC found 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,760 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.