About block 899,856
Bitcoin block 899,856 was mined by MARA Pool on June 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM UTC, 14 min 41 s after block 899,855. 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 1,876 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 899,856 is number 721 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,295 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,144 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,129 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.