About block 899,493
Bitcoin block 899,493 was mined by AntPool on June 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM UTC, 33 seconds after block 899,492. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,168 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 899,493 is number 358 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,658 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,507 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,521 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.