About block 899,610
Bitcoin block 899,610 was mined by MARA Pool on June 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM UTC, 29 min 21 s after block 899,609. 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 3,443 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0544 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1794 BTC for this block.
Block 899,610 is number 475 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,541 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,390 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,397 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.