About block 899,498
Bitcoin block 899,498 was mined by OCEAN on June 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM UTC, 7 min 5 s after block 899,497. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,471 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.7% 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 0.0312 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1562 BTC for this block.
Block 899,498 is number 363 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,653 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,502 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. OCEAN found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,516 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.