About block 947,289
Bitcoin block 947,289 was mined by ViaBTC on April 30, 2026 at 12:31 PM UTC, 16 min 50 s after block 947,288. 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 3,305 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0362 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1612 BTC for this block.
Block 947,289 is number 1,786 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 230 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,711 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,743 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.