About block 899,691
Bitcoin block 899,691 was mined by WhitePool on June 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM UTC, 32 min 16 s after block 899,690. 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 3,900 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0742 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1992 BTC for this block.
Block 899,691 is number 556 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,460 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,309 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,309 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.