About block 947,417
Bitcoin block 947,417 was mined by AntPool on May 1, 2026 at 11:36 AM UTC, 1 min 20 s after block 947,416. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,848 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 947,417 is number 1,914 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 469; 102 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 947,519. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 102,583 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 28,605 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.