About block 901,589
Bitcoin block 901,589 was mined by ViaBTC on June 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM UTC, 28 min 59 s after block 901,588. 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 5,250 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 22.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.2355 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.3605 BTC for this block.
Block 901,589 is number 438 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,578 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,411 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 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 74,278 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.