About block 899,284
Bitcoin block 899,284 was mined by MARA Pool on May 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM UTC, 2 min 44 s after block 899,283. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 521 transactions in 0.18 MB (12.1% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 899,284 is number 149 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,867 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,716 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,747 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.