About block 899,496
Bitcoin block 899,496 was mined by MARA Pool on June 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM UTC, 6 min 3 s after block 899,495. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,751 transactions in 1.57 MB (89.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 899,496 is number 361 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,655 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,504 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 76,518 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.