About block 899,685
Bitcoin block 899,685 was mined by SECPOOL on June 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM UTC, 9 min 29 s after block 899,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,097 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0475 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1725 BTC for this block.
Block 899,685 is number 550 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,466 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,315 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,315 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.