About block 899,697
Bitcoin block 899,697 was mined by MARA Pool on June 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM UTC, 27 min 53 s after block 899,696. 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 3,484 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0557 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1807 BTC for this block.
Block 899,697 is number 562 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,454 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,303 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,303 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.