About block 900,497
Bitcoin block 900,497 was mined by ViaBTC on June 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM UTC, 24 min 16 s after block 900,496. 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 3,454 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0689 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1939 BTC for this block.
Block 900,497 is number 1,362 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 654 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 149,503 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 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 75,490 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.