About block 899,871
Bitcoin block 899,871 was mined by SpiderPool on June 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM UTC, 9 min 4 s after block 899,870. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,111 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0268 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1518 BTC for this block.
Block 899,871 is number 736 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,280 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,129 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. SpiderPool found 77 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,113 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.