About block 899,861
Bitcoin block 899,861 was mined by ViaBTC on June 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM UTC, 14 min 32 s after block 899,860. 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 5,200 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 11.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2369 BTC for this block.
Block 899,861 is number 726 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,290 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,139 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,124 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.