About block 899,636
Bitcoin block 899,636 was mined by MARA Pool on June 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM UTC, 8 seconds after block 899,635. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,016 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0130 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1380 BTC for this block.
Block 899,636 is number 501 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,515 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,364 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 76,366 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.