About block 899,399
Bitcoin block 899,399 was mined by AntPool on June 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM UTC, 14 min 48 s after block 899,398. 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 2,865 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0313 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1563 BTC for this block.
Block 899,399 is number 264 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,752 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,601 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,620 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.