About block 899,509
Bitcoin block 899,509 was mined by SpiderPool on June 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM UTC, 19 min 28 s after block 899,508. 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 3,190 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0621 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1871 BTC for this block.
Block 899,509 is number 374 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,642 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,491 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,503 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.