About block 899,298
Bitcoin block 899,298 was mined by SpiderPool on June 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM UTC, 1 min 54 s after block 899,297. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,270 transactions in 0.51 MB (29.0% 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 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 899,298 is number 163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,702 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. SpiderPool found 74 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,732 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.