About block 900,440
Bitcoin block 900,440 was mined by ViaBTC on June 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM UTC, 20 min 22 s after block 900,439. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,253 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0387 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1637 BTC for this block.
Block 900,440 is number 1,305 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 711 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 149,560 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. ViaBTC found 89 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 75,554 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.