About block 899,852
Bitcoin block 899,852 was mined by SpiderPool on June 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM UTC, 21 min 11 s after block 899,851. 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 2,230 transactions in 1.37 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0444 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1694 BTC for this block.
Block 899,852 is number 717 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,299 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,148 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. SpiderPool found 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,133 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.