About block 899,743
Bitcoin block 899,743 was mined by ViaBTC on June 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM UTC, 13 seconds after block 899,742. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 662 transactions in 3.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 899,743 is number 608 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,408 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,257 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,255 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.