About block 899,296
Bitcoin block 899,296 was mined by F2Pool on May 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM UTC, 17 min 14 s after block 899,295. 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 2,386 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 899,296 is number 161 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,855 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,704 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. F2Pool found 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,734 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.