About block 899,531
Bitcoin block 899,531 was mined by ViaBTC on June 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM UTC, 1 min 22 s after block 899,530. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,511 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 899,531 is number 396 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,620 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,469 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,481 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.