About block 899,394
Bitcoin block 899,394 was mined by ViaBTC on June 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM UTC, 16 min 38 s after block 899,393. 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 3,076 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0345 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1595 BTC for this block.
Block 899,394 is number 259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,606 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,628 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.