About block 947,346
Bitcoin block 947,346 was mined by AntPool on April 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC, 15 min 54 s after block 947,345. 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 3,087 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0323 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1573 BTC for this block.
Block 947,346 is number 1,843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,654 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 28,684 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.