About block 899,917
Bitcoin block 899,917 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on June 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM UTC, 5 min 41 s after block 899,916. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,703 transactions in 1.34 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0312 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1562 BTC for this block.
Block 899,917 is number 782 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,234 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,083 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,064 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.