About block 899,523
Bitcoin block 899,523 was mined by ViaBTC on June 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM UTC, 1 min 47 s after block 899,522. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,584 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 899,523 is number 388 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,628 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,477 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,489 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.