About block 899,588
Bitcoin block 899,588 was mined by MARA Pool on June 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM UTC, 4 min 29 s after block 899,587. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 942 transactions in 3.10 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 899,588 is number 453 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,563 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,412 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,419 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.