About block 899,952
Bitcoin block 899,952 was mined by OCEAN on June 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM UTC, 8 min 52 s after block 899,951. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,774 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.6% 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 0.0351 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1601 BTC for this block.
Block 899,952 is number 817 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,199 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,048 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. OCEAN found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,026 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.