About block 899,657
Bitcoin block 899,657 was mined by Mining Squared on June 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM UTC, 4 min 11 s after block 899,656. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,107 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0323 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Mining Squared earned 3.1573 BTC for this block.
Block 899,657 is number 522 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,494 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,343 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. Mining Squared found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,345 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.