About block 899,942
Bitcoin block 899,942 was mined by ViaBTC on June 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM UTC, 1 min 50 s after block 899,941. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 518 transactions in 1.22 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 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 899,942 is number 807 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,209 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,058 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 91 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,039 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.