About block 899,431
Bitcoin block 899,431 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on June 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM UTC, 4 min 31 s after block 899,430. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,098 transactions in 1.30 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0324 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1574 BTC for this block.
Block 899,431 is number 296 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,720 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,569 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,585 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.