About block 899,957
Bitcoin block 899,957 was mined by AntPool on June 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM UTC, 4 min 57 s after block 899,956. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,823 transactions in 1.42 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 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 899,957 is number 822 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,194 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 150,043 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. AntPool found 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 76,021 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.