About block 899,689
Bitcoin block 899,689 was mined by MARA Pool on June 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM UTC, 11 min 33 s after block 899,688. 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 2,874 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0396 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1646 BTC for this block.
Block 899,689 is number 554 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,462 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,311 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 76,311 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.