About block 899,709
Bitcoin block 899,709 was mined by ViaBTC on June 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM UTC, 54 min 14 s after block 899,708. 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 3,489 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 0.0728 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1978 BTC for this block.
Block 899,709 is number 574 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,442 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,291 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,291 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.