About block 899,461
Bitcoin block 899,461 was mined by MARA Pool on June 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM UTC, 3 min 51 s after block 899,460. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,707 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% 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 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 899,461 is number 326 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,690 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,539 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,554 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.