About block 899,497
Bitcoin block 899,497 was mined by Foundry USA on June 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM UTC, 14 min 30 s after block 899,496. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,975 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0423 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1673 BTC for this block.
Block 899,497 is number 362 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,654 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,503 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. Foundry USA found 251 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,517 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.