About block 899,571
Bitcoin block 899,571 was mined by ViaBTC on June 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM UTC, 19 min 8 s after block 899,570. 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 3,232 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 899,571 is number 436 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,580 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,429 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 76,437 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.