About block 899,857
Bitcoin block 899,857 was mined by SECPOOL on June 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM UTC, 16 min 36 s after block 899,856. 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 2,213 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0364 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1614 BTC for this block.
Block 899,857 is number 722 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,294 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,143 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,128 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.