About block 947,343
Bitcoin block 947,343 was mined by WhitePool on April 30, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC, 16 min 6 s after block 947,342. 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 2,819 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 947,343 is number 1,840 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 176 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,657 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. WhitePool found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,687 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.