About block 899,956
Bitcoin block 899,956 was mined by Braiins Pool on June 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM UTC, 7 min 47 s after block 899,955. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,229 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0363 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1613 BTC for this block.
Block 899,956 is number 821 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,195 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,044 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. Braiins Pool found 20 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,022 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.