About block 899,542
Bitcoin block 899,542 was mined by SpiderPool on June 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM UTC, 3 min 55 s after block 899,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,786 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 899,542 is number 407 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,609 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,458 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 76,469 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.