About block 947,344
Bitcoin block 947,344 was mined by ViaBTC on April 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC, 8 min 49 s after block 947,343. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,758 transactions in 2.44 MB (98.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0368 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1618 BTC for this block.
Block 947,344 is number 1,841 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 175 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,656 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 88 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,686 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.