About block 899,406
Bitcoin block 899,406 was mined by AntPool on June 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM UTC, 2 min 15 s after block 899,405. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,566 transactions in 1.30 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 899,406 is number 271 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,745 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,594 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,613 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.