About block 899,643
Bitcoin block 899,643 was mined by Foundry USA on June 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM UTC, 46 min 58 s after block 899,642. 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 3,437 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1013 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.2263 BTC for this block.
Block 899,643 is number 508 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,508 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,357 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. Foundry USA found 251 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,359 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.