About block 899,624
Bitcoin block 899,624 was mined by AntPool on June 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM UTC, 18 min 23 s after block 899,623. 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 2,265 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0482 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1732 BTC for this block.
Block 899,624 is number 489 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,527 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,376 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,380 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.