About block 899,398
Bitcoin block 899,398 was mined by Mining Squared on June 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM UTC, 21 min 40 s after block 899,397. 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 2,716 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0389 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1639 BTC for this block.
Block 899,398 is number 263 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,753 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,602 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,621 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.