About block 899,724
Bitcoin block 899,724 was mined by AntPool on June 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM UTC, 12 min 25 s after block 899,723. 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 2,074 transactions in 1.40 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0351 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1601 BTC for this block.
Block 899,724 is number 589 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,427 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,276 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,276 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.