About block 899,272
Bitcoin block 899,272 was mined by MARA Pool on May 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM UTC, 8 min 3 s after block 899,271. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,398 transactions in 1.27 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0246 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1496 BTC for this block.
Block 899,272 is number 137 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,879 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,728 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,759 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.