About block 947,294
Bitcoin block 947,294 was mined by AntPool on April 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM UTC, 7 min 46 s after block 947,293. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,582 transactions in 2.01 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 0.0271 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1521 BTC for this block.
Block 947,294 is number 1,791 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 225 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,706 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,737 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.