About block 899,596
Bitcoin block 899,596 was mined by ViaBTC on June 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM UTC, 9 min 4 s after block 899,595. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,101 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 899,596 is number 461 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,555 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,404 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,411 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.