About block 899,538
Bitcoin block 899,538 was mined by ViaBTC on June 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM UTC, 4 min 43 s after block 899,537. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,140 transactions in 1.89 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 899,538 is number 403 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,613 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,462 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 76,474 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.