About block 899,840
Bitcoin block 899,840 was mined by Foundry USA on June 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM UTC, 20 min 37 s after block 899,839. 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 2,903 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0354 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1604 BTC for this block.
Block 899,840 is number 705 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,311 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,160 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. Foundry USA found 250 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,147 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.